Gothic Breastplate

Cleveland Museum of Art

Gothic Breastplate

Date
c. 1485
Medium
steel
Culture
South Germany or Austria
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
96530

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Individual armor elements, like this breastplate, were shaped in ways that would make their surfaces as deflecting as possible. The contours of this breastplate, along with the pronounced vertical ridge down its center, were for precisely this purpose. This breastplate consists of two primary plates of steel fastened at the center by a rivet.

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Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
Provenance
Seymour Lucas, sold to Frank Gair Macomber | -1916: Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1916-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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  • Representative object from the topic European Renaissance Armor Components
    European Renaissance Armor Components

    These 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.

    500 objects from 4 institutions

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