Portions of an Armor for Vincenzo Luigi di Capua (d. 1627)
Pompeo della Cesa
ca. 1595
Medium
Steel, gold, leather, copper alloy
Dimensions
H. as mounted 19 in. (48 cm)
Classification
Armor for Man
Culture
Italian, Milan
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gorget, pauldrons, and breastplate: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2001; Backplate: Purchase, Gift in honor of Maximilian and Alexander Saga, 2013
Accession Number
2001.72a–d; 2013.618