Art Institute of Chicago
Cuirass (Breastplate and Backplate) in the Late Gothic Style
South German or AustrianLinkedCulture matchlcp-b3c09594a6f5
- Date
- c. 1480
- Medium
- Steel, brass, and leather
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 219955
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Sculpted with sleek rippled surfaces and decorative cut edges, this cuirass typifies late gothic German armor. A rare survival, it is fabled to have come out of a church in the Austrian Tyrol at the turn of the 20th century. It may have adorned a shrine figure of Saint George or hung over a noble’s tomb. The heavily pitted exterior attests to centuries of neglect, and a redblistered area of the interior is evidence it was in a fire. The right side of the breastplate below the waist was carefully restored in London around 1917.
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- Credit line
- Chester D. Tripp Estate Fund
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- Object type
- AAT300209266
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European Renaissance Armor ComponentsThese objects are all pieces of defensive armor and military equipment from 15th-17th century Europe, primarily from major armoring centers like Italy, Germany, and France.
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