Brigandine

Unknown Artist

ca. 1550

Brigandine by Unknown Artist

Medium

Etched steel with silver and gold, linen.

Dimensions

Left shoulder Wt 24.7 oz. (0.7 Kg); right shoulder Wt 22.9 oz. (0.65 Kg); sleeves Wt 35.3 oz. (1.00 Kg) each; backplate and breastplate Wt 105.6 oz. (3.00 Kg); tassets Wt 125.2 oz. (3.55 Kg).

Classification

Brigandines

Culture

Italian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

14.25.1532

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