id: 95924 accession number: 1916.1640.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1640.b updated: 2022-01-04 14:38:50.884000 Backplate in the Maximilian Style, c.1510–30. Germany, Nuremberg(?), early 16th century. Steel, brass rivets; overall: 42 x 33.9 x 15.5 cm (16 9/16 x 13 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1640.b title: Backplate in the Maximilian Style title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c.1510–30 creation date earliest: 1510 creation date latest: 1530 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Germany, Nuremberg(?), early 16th century technique: steel, brass rivets department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 42 x 33.9 x 15.5 cm (16 9/16 x 13 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation" --- PROVENANCE Spiller; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat.# 297. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Distinguished by its regularly fluted surfaces, armor in this style was popularized in South Germany during the early 1500s. The style is usually called "Maximilian," as it was introduced during the reign of Emperor Maximilian I (1493-1519). The style reflects male costume of the period and the shift to the new rounded forms of the Renaissance. Other examples of this armor style may be seen nearby. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. page number: Mentioned: pp. 62-63, C6 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n87 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1640.b/1916.1640.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1640.b/1916.1640.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1640.b/1916.1640.b_full.tif