Body Guard (Brigandine)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1250
The brigandine is a light, vest-like body defense popular with both knights and infantry from the 1400s through about 1550. It is constructed of multiple small plates attached to a cloth covering. Finer examples, like this one, are faced in velvet or fabric made of gold thread...
Artifact
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id
102584
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object
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citation
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CC0
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CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q79502223"
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source
import
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| accession |
accession
1921.125
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Source image fields (4)
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1250/1921.1250_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1250/1921.1250_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
Italy (?), early 16th Century
Technique
linen; gold velvet; steel; brass
Genre
Arms and Armor
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
belongs_to