Composed Armor
Franz Grosschedel|Wolfgang Grosschedel
ca. 1550–80
Medium
Steel, gold, leather, textile, copper alloy
Dimensions
Wt. 51 lb. 4 oz. (23.25 kg)
Classification
Armor for Man
Culture
German, Landshut and Augsburg; gorget, Italian
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1904; gauntlets: Fletcher Fund, 1922
Accession Number
04.3.278; 22.147.6, .7
About the Artist
Franz Grosschedel|Wolfgang Grosschedel (German|German) · 1517 |1555 –1562 |1579
German, Landshut, active ca. 1517–62|German, Landshut, recorded 1555–79