Gothic Breastplate
1475–1500
- Medium
- steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 53.2 x 35.2 x 16.3 cm (20 15/16 x 13 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- Arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
South Germany or Austria, Innsbruck, late 15th century
About
This elegantly constructed breastplate consists of two primary plates of steel fastened at center by a rivet. The lower plate is embellished with a border of embossed flutes that converge upward and terminate in a fleur-de-lys. The pair of rivet holes in the upper right breast accommodated a lance rest, now lost.