Left Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace)
c. 1560 (some modern)
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Left Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace), c. 1560 (some modern). Germany, Augsburg, mostly 17th Century (some modern). Etched and lightly embossed steel with traces of gilding, leather; overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.708 Small-scale suits of armor would help prepare a young boy for knighthood.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- etched and lightly embossed steel with traces of gilding, leather
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1916.708
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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