Helmet, Breastplate, and Backplate

Helmet, Breastplate, and Backplate by D. G. V. Lochorst

Medium

Steel, leather, textile (velvet, wool)

Dimensions

H. as mounted 30 1/4 in. (36.8 cm); Wt. 12 lb. 3 oz. (5529 g); helmet (a): H. 15 1/2 in. (39.37 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 12 oz. (1695 g); breastplate (b): H. 18 1/2 in. (47.0 cm); W. 12 in. (30.5 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 9 oz. (2073 g); backplate (c): H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 12 in. (30.5 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 14 oz. (1765 g)

Classification

Armor for Man

Culture

Flemish, possibly Antwerp

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1938

Accession Number

38.137a–c

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