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Pair of Tassets (Thigh Defenses) Belonging to an Armor for Field and Tournament Made for Duke Nikolaus "The Black" Radziwill (1515–1565), Duke of Nesvizh and Olyka, Prince of the Empire, Grand Chancellor and Marshal of Lithuania

Kunz Lochner

ca. 1555; probably repainted later

Pair of Tassets (Thigh Defenses) Belonging to an Armor for Field and Tournament Made for Duke Nikolaus "The Black" Radziwill (1515–1565), Duke of Nesvizh and Olyka, Prince of the Empire, Grand Chancellor and Marshal of Lithuania by Kunz Lochner

Medium

Steel, gold, paint

Dimensions

right tasset (a): H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 5 oz. (587 g); left tasset (b): H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10 oz. (726 g)

Classification

Armor Parts-Thigh and Leg Defense

Culture

German, Nuremberg

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

14.25.881a, b

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