Cuirass

Unknown Artist

ca. 1490–1500

Cuirass by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, gold

Dimensions

H. of breastplate, 14 in. (35.6 cm); H. of backplate, 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); W. 12 in. (30.5 cm); Diam. at waist 29 in. (73.7 cm); Diam. 35 in. (88.9 cm); Wt. 10 lb. (4536 g)

Classification

Armor Parts-Cuirasses

Culture

Italian or Flemish

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

14.25.927a–c

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