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The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480–1620
Armor for Man and Horse, dated 1548
Kunz Lochner (German, ca. 1510–1567)
German (Nuremberg)
Etched steel, leather; Wt. of man's armor 56 lb. (25.4 kg); Wt. of horse's armor 92 lb. (41.7 kg)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Man's armor: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. Bashford Dean, 1929 (29.151.2); horse armor: Rogers Fund, 1932 (32.69)
Detail of Peytral (chest armor for horse)
Etched steel
Rogers Fund, 1932 (32.69)
Visible here are the embossed date and the elaborate etched decoration.
Escutcheon Embossed in the Form of a Woman Holding a Shield, ca. 1525–1550
German (probably Augsberg)
Etched, blued, and gilded; H. 7 in. (17.8 cm), W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Lauder Gift, 1985 (1985.259)
Chanfron from a Large Garniture of Nikolaus IV Radziwill, Duke of Nieswiez and Olyka, Prince of the Empire, Grand Chancellor and Marshal of Lithuania
Etched, gilded, and painted in the cold enamel technique
Rogers Fund, 1921 (21.42)