Horse Armor Made for a Member of the Collalto Family
Unknown Artist
ca. 1560 and later
Medium
Steel, gold, leather
Dimensions
Horse armor with saddle: Wt., 87 lb. 14 oz. (39.85 kg); horse armor: Wt., 65 lb. 1 oz. (29.5 kg) Bit: H. of the cheekpieces 9 1/4 (23 cm); W. 6 1/4 (15.9 cm)
Classification
Armor for Horse
Culture
Italian, probably Milan
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.139.2a–h