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Elements from a Garniture Made for Christian I of Saxony (1560-1591)

Elements from a Garniture Made for Christian I of Saxony (1560-1591). Armorer: Anton Peffenhauser (German, Augsburg, 1525-1603). Culture: German, Augsburg. Dimensions: breastplate (a): 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (49.6 x 39 cm); backplate (b): 17 1/2 x 14 3/16 in. (44.5 x 36 cm); right cuisse (c): 16 x 7 3/8 in. (40.6 x 18.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 6 oz. (1088 g); left cuisse (d): 16 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (41.9 x 19 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 7 oz. (1098 g). Date: 1582. Peffenhauser was among the most celebrated and long-lived armorers of Augsburg, a city famous for its armor-makers. The pieces displayed here are thought to be part of a garniture commissioned by Elector August of Saxony (1526-1586) in 1582. Because of its slender proportions, the armor is assumed to have been ordered as a present for the elector's son, Christian (1560-1591), who later succeeded his father as archduke and elector of Saxony. These elements were intended for light cavalry or infantry use. The original garniture also included a complete armor for heavy cavalry with exchange pieces for the tournament, parts of which are still preserved in the Saxon Electoral Armory in Dresden.
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Elements from a Garniture Made for Christian I of Saxony (1560-1591)
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Elements from a Garniture Made for Christian I of Saxony (1560-1591). Armorer: Anton Peffenhauser (German, Augsburg, 1525-1603). Culture: German, Augsburg. Dimensions: breastplate (a): 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (49.6 x 39 cm); backplate (b): 17 1/2 x 14 3/16 in. (44.5 x 36 cm); right cuisse (c): 16 x 7 3/8 in. (40.6 x 18.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 6 oz. (1088 g); left cuisse (d): 16 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (41.9 x 19 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 7 oz. (1098 g). Date: 1582. Peffenhauser was among the most celebrated and long-lived armorers of Augsburg, a city famous for its armor-makers. The pieces displayed here are thought to be part of a garniture commissioned by Elector August of Saxony (1526-1586) in 1582. Because of its slender proportions, the armor is assumed to have been ordered as a present for the elector's son, Christian (1560-1591), who later succeeded his father as archduke and elector of Saxony. These elements were intended for light cavalry or infantry use. The original garniture also included a complete armor for heavy cavalry with exchange pieces for the tournament, parts of which are still preserved in the Saxon Electoral Armory in Dresden.
Technique/material:
Steel, gold, leather, brass
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album
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Image size:
2998 x 4094 px | 35.1 MB
Print size:
25.4 x 34.7 cm | 10.0 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
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