Cuirass by François-Joseph Bisch|François-Xavier Bisch|Coulaux Frères, Manufacture Royale d'Armes de Klingenthal

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

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