Description
These plates, once part of a saddle, are from a tournament armor for man and horse made for the sons of Emperor Maximilian II, archdukes Rudolf and Ernst. Most of the remaining elements of this armor are still in the collections of the Imperial Armouries in Vienna. The decorative pattern (in the imperial colors of black and gold) forms elegant knots, with distinctive foliage and hop sprigs filling the loops.
Provenance
Imperial Armories, Vienna, Austria; Hastings; Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany; Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1916); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1916-)
Accession Number
1916.1888
Medium
blued, etched, and gilded steel
Dimensions
N/A
Classification
Arms and Armor
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance