Field Armor

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ca. 1525; left arm defense, 19th century; rondels, 1923 · Steel, leather · Arms and Armor

This fluted armor is typical of the battle dress of the knightly cavalry of southern Germany and Austria in the 1520s. It is composed of elements from at least three very similar armors, all made in Nuremberg when fluted armor was at its peak of fashion. The armor is stamped on the pauldrons (shoulder defenses) with the mark of the city of Nuremberg, on the helmet with the letter N in a pearly circle, on the cuisses (thigh defenses) with a Gothic N, and on the right gauntlet with an unidentified maker’s mark. The left arm defense is a nineteenth-century restoration.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1525; left arm defense, 19th century; rondels, 1923

Medium

Steel, leather

Culture

German, Nuremberg

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1904