Cuirass (Breastplate and Backplate)
The Turkish arms and armor collected during the 1500s and 1600s in Habsburg circles were either trophies of a feared enemy or diplomatic gifts. They reflected efforts to repel the invasions of Europe by successive sultans of the Ottoman dynasty, who, as caliphs-successors of t...
Artifact
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id
25759
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
S. Irene, Arsenal of Constantinople (?); Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_51.420_Fnt_NG_2186.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_51.420_Fnt_NG_2186.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_51.420_Fnt_NG_2186.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.420 |
Terms
Medium
embossed steel