id:			170173
accession number:	2012.37.k
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.37.k
updated:		2024-04-03 11:07:41.733000

Cuirassier's Armor: Proper Right Tassets with Poleyn  (Knee-Cop), c. 1600–20. Austria, Graz(?), early 17th century. Steel (originally blued, now black); leather straps; overall: 171.4 cm (67 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2012.37.k

title:				Cuirassier's Armor: Proper Right Tassets with Poleyn  (Knee-Cop)
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creation date:			c. 1600–20
creation date earliest:		1595
creation date latest:		1625
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Austria, Graz(?), early 17th century
technique:	steel (originally blued, now black); leather straps
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 171.4 cm (67 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Proof mark (musket shot) is located on the proper left side of the breastplate
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PROVENANCE

	Archduke Eugen of Austria, the Castle of Hohenwerfen, near Salzburg; Anderson Galleries, New York (1927);  William Randolph Hearst (1956); David Norton Yerkes, Washington, DC; to his daughter, Catharine Y. Kulski [by inheritance]
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