Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss Guard

Italian, Brescia

suitarmor

Date

1590; decoration 1623/44

Medium

Steel, gilding, brass, copper, leather, and velvet textile

Dimensions

H. 48.1 cm (17 in.) Wt. (breastplate): 4 lb. 12 oz. Backplate: 2 lb. 4 oz. Left pauldron: 2 lb. 2 oz. Right pauldron: 2 lb. 4 oz. Total: 11 lb. 6 oz.

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

George F. Harding Collection

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Comb Morion

Northern Italian, probably Brescia

Glaive

Italian, possibly Brescia