Cuirass
Medium
Steel, gold, copper alloy, leather
Dimensions
H. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm); W. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); D. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); Wt. 12 lb. 2.2 oz. (5505.5 g); breastplate; H. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm); W. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); D. 7 in. (17.8 cm); Wt. 8 lb. 0.5 oz. (3642.9 g); backplate; H. 16 15/16 in. (43 cm); W. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); D. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 1.7 oz. (1862.6 g)
Classification
Armor Parts-Cuirasses
Culture
French, Klingenthal, Alsace
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Bequest, 2015
Accession Number
2015.295a, b
About the Artist
François-Joseph Bisch|François-Xavier Bisch|Coulaux Frères, Manufacture Royale d'Armes de Klingenthal (French|French|French) · 1756 |1793 |1801 –1831 |1841 |1836
French, Klingenthal, Alsace 1756–1831|French, active in Klingenthal and Boersch, Alsace 1793–1841|French, Klingenthal, Alsace 1801–1836