Pompeo della Cesa. Proper Right Tasset, c. 1590. steel, etched and gilded; brass rivets; leather and velvet fittings, Overall: 21.3 x 28.7 cm (8 3/8 x 11 5/16 in.). John L. Severance Fund, 1996.299.k. CC0.

Proper Right Tasset

c. 1590

Pompeo della Cesa

Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93)

Medieval Art

Proper Right Tasset, c. 1590. Pompeo della Cesa (Italian, active 1572–93). Steel, etched and gilded; brass rivets; leather and velvet fittings; overall: 21.3 x 28.7 cm (8 3/8 x 11 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.299.k Pompeo della Cesa was the Armani or Gucci of the 1500s; everyone wanted to wear him.

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Maker/Artist: Pompeo della Cesa
Classification: Arms and Armor
Formatted Medium: steel, etched and gilded; brass rivets; leather and velvet fittings
Medium: steel, etched, gilded, brass, rivets, leather, velvet, fittings
Dimensions: Overall: 21.3 x 28.7 cm (8 3/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Departments: Medieval Art
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