id:			96062
accession number:	1916.1804
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1804
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:12.097000

Elements from an Armor, c. 1540–70. Germany, 16th century. Steel, leather bands; steel; steel and leather; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1804

title:				Elements from an Armor
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creation date:			c. 1540–70
creation date earliest:		1560
creation date latest:		1570
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	steel, leather bands; steel; steel and leather
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1940), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
Although all these elements were accessioned together, they are not from the same original suit.

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wall description:
A full suit of armor comprises over a dozen different pieces. Here there are several elements including a burgonet, a gorget, pauldrons, and a breastplate. Popular throughout the 1500s and 1600s, the burgonet was a light, open headpiece favored by cavalry and infantry alike. Its main features are a peak over the eyes and hinged cheekpieces that fasten with a strap or lace under the chin. A gorget is an element of armor that protects the neck, throat, and upper part of the chest. It normally consists of two parts, front and back, joined by a hinge on the left shoulder and fastened with a stud on the right. A pauldron is a component of plate armor that covers the shoulder and often the armpit, and parts of the back and chest as well. The breastplate is an element that protects the chest and abdomen and is normally worn with a backplate.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat. no. 306
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. Cleveland, O.: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
	page number: 	Cat. no. A7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 74, 165, cat. no. 58
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	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 90, 184, cat. no. 49
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IMAGES

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