COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1916.29
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality:
European; Central European; Austrian
Creator Name-CRT:
South Germany or Austria, 15th Century
Title:
Gothic Breastplate
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 1485
Creation Start Date:
1480
Creation End Date:
1490
Materials and Techniques:
steel
Classification Term:
Arms And Armor
Creation Place:
Austria
Creation Place:
southern Germany
Dimensions:
Overall: 50.5cm x 35.8cm x 15.8cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1916.29
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
Provenance:
Lucas; Frank Gair Macomber, Boston; cat.# 449.
Context:
Individual armor elements, like this breastplate, were shaped in ways that would make their surfaces as deflecting as possible. The contours of this breastplate, along with the pronounced vertical ridge down its center, were for precisely this purpose.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1916.29.TIF
