Peytral from a horse armor of Georg von Wolframsdorf
Christian Spor
About 1480
Medium
Steel and leather
Dimensions
H.: 66 cm (26 in.)
Classification
horse equipment
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111759
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Christian Spor
**Christian Spor (also Spör)** was a distinguished Austrian armorer active in the late 15th century, documented from 1464 to 1495. He worked in Mühlau, a village near Innsbruck in the Tyrol, a renowned center of armor production. His early life remains not well documented, as is typical for many medieval craftsmen whose records survive mainly through guild or court mentions rather than personal bi...