Morion

Unknown

ca. 1600 · Steel, silver, pigment, gold, brass · Arms and Armor

The electors of Saxony appear to have been the only German princes in the sixteenth century to outfit their bodyguards with matching equipment. Silvered morions of this type were probably worn by the officers of the bodyguards of the prince-electors of Saxony.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Steel, silver, pigment, gold, brass

Culture

German, Nuremberg

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913