Burgonet Helmet and Reinforce for a Field Breastplate of Maximilian II

1549-1550 (Renaissance)

32.9 cm 45.7 cm

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This triple-crested helmet and outer breastplate are from a splendid garniture made for Archduke Maximilian of Austria (1527-1576), son of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, and himself a future emperor. These pieces are for the field-the battlefield or the joust. Commissioned fr...

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Emperor Maximilian II (1527-1576), 1549-1550, by commission; Vienna Waffensammlung, Vienna [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Cornelia (née Martin), Countess of Craven (1877-1961), Coomb Abbey [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Sotheby, London, December 3, 1964, lot 138; Walters Art Museum, 1964, by purchase.
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