Breastplate

Medium

Steel, gold

Dimensions

H. 17 in. (43.2 cm); W. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm); D. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Wt. 7 lb. 12 oz. (3515 g); Wt. of lance rest 1 oz. (28.3 g)

Classification

Armor Parts-Breastplates

Culture

German

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913

Accession Number

14.25.813