Backplate from Half Armor for the Foot Tournament
c. 1590
Pompeo della Cesa
Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)
Medieval Art
Backplate from Half Armor for the Foot Tournament, c. 1590. Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93). Steel, etched and gilded; brass rivets; leather and velvet fittings; overall: 34.3 x 34.5 cm (13 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.299.d Pompeo della Cesa was the Armani or Gucci of the 1500s; everyone wanted to wear him.
- Maker/Artist
- Pompeo della Cesa
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- steel, etched and gilded; brass rivets; leather and velvet fittings
- Dimensions
- Overall: 34.3 x 34.5 cm (13 1/2 x 13 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1996.299.d
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 210A Armor Court
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