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These elements once belonged to a full suit of armor that would have been made for a young boy. Decorated with etching, embossing, and gilding, the original suit would have been impressive. Dressing your sons in small custom suits of armor was popular with the wealthiest nobles. They would have been worn for parades and ceremonial occasions and once outgrown were often kept as mementos. Made for the left arm, the rerebrace or upper cannon protected the upper arm, the couter the elbow, and the lower cannon the forearm.
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97053
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Left Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace)
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97053
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Left Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace)
description
These elements once belonged to a full suit of armor that would have been made for a young boy. Decorated with etching, embossing, and gilding, the original suit would have been impressive. Dressing your sons in small custom suits of armor was popular with the wealthiest nobles. They would have been worn for parades and ceremonial occasions and once outgrown were often kept as mementos. Made for the left arm, the rerebrace or upper cannon protected the upper arm, the couter the elbow, and the lower cannon the forearm.
date
c. 1560 (some modern)
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CC0
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language
en
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Q79481051
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Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)
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Germany, Augsburg
accession
1916.708
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etched and lightly embossed steel with traces of gilding, leather
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Left Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace), c. 1560 (some modern). Germany, Augsburg. Etched and lightly embossed steel with traces of gilding, leather; overall: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.708
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
Small-scale suits of armor would help prepare a young boy for knighthood.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
page_number
cat #: 418
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
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Mentioned: p. 70, C29
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
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cat no. 10, p. 162
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
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cat. no. 31, p. 184
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:13:44.973000
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97053
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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etched and lightly embossed steel with traces of gilding, leather
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