Full battle armour for knight and barding for horse, mid 16th century. He wears a plumed helmet, full suit of plate armour, articulated gauntlets and shoes with spurs, and holds a lance. The saddle is upholstered in leather and has steel plates front and back. From the original in Berlin Armoury. Chromolithograph by C. Regnier from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
Full battle armour for knight and barding for horse, mid 16th century. He wears a plumed helmet, full suit of plate armour, articulated gauntlets and shoes with spurs, and holds a lance. The saddle is upholstered in leather and has steel plates front and back. From the original in Berlin Armoury. Chromolithograph by C. Regnier from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.