Right and Left Breastplates from a Brigandine

Medium

Steel, copper alloy, textile

Dimensions

right breastplate: H., 11 1/2 in. (29.21 cm); W., 10 in. ( 25.4 cm); left breastplate: H., 12 in. (30.48 cm); W., 9 1/2 in. (24.13 cm)

Classification

Armor Parts-Breastplates

Culture

Italian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928

Accession Number

29.150.92, .101