Brigandine Armor

Medium

Steel, latten, velvet, brass

Dimensions

29.150.91a (front plate); H. 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm); W. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 4.2 oz. (1479.8 g); 29.150.91b (front plate); H. 20 in. (50.8 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 10.8 oz. (1667 g); 29.150.91c (back plate); H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 1.4 oz. (946.9 g); 29.150.91d (tasset); H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 6.8 oz. (646.4 g); 29.150.91e (tasset); H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10.7 oz. (756.9 g); 29.150.91f (right arm defense); H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); D. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 14.5 oz. (864.7 g); 29.150.91h (right gauntlet); L. 8 in. (20.3 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); Wt. 9.7 oz. (275 g); 29.150.91j (right leg defense); H. 20 in. (50.8 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm); D. 6 in. (15.2 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 12.7 oz. (1267.2 g); 29.150.91k (left leg defense); H. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm); D. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 13.6 oz. (1292.7 g); 29.150.91l (right greave); H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10.7 oz. (756.9 g); 29.150.91o (left shoulder defense); H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); D. 6 in. (15.2 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 1.8 oz. (504.6 g)

Classification

Armor for Man

Culture

Italian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928

Accession Number

29.150.91a–f, i–o