Cleveland Museum of Art

Backplate in the Maximilian Style

Date

c.1510–30

Medium

steel, brass rivets

Culture

Germany, Nuremberg(?), early 16th century

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Distinguished by its regularly fluted surfaces, armor in this style was popularized in South Germany during the early 1500s. The style is usually called "Maximilian," as it was introduced during the reign of Emperor Maximilian I (1493-1519). The style reflects male costume of the period and the shift to the new rounded forms of the Renaissance. Other examples of this armor style may be seen nearby.

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