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The man's armor, dating from about 1575, is part of a small garniture that included exchange elements for the battlefield and reinforcing pieces for the tournament. The breastplate is a restoration.The associated horse armor also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc

Few complete armors have survived from the fifteenth century. This one was reportedly found in an Austrian church. The armour ws a pious gift to be hung over the tomb of a knight. All the elements are characteristic of armor worn in central Europe in the late Gothic period. These include the sallet and bevor, breastplate and backplate of overlapping sections, and cusped and channeled surfaces. The backplate is notable for its elegant silhouette and its fluting that imitates the folds of…

I like the details on the shoulderguards, but overal don't LOVE this design...