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A SPANISH GOTHIC BREASTPLATE C.1480
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Item Number: GC.A011
This fine breastplate represents a group produced in Western Europe and Italy. Examples in public collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, #29.150.84 (in excavated condition) and Cleveland Museum of Art #19.63. This example is distinguished by its particularly elegant turned neck and condition.. Its Spanish attribution is made on the basis of its origin at the arsenal of Osuna, Seville, Spain. Seville, held by the Moors for 500 years, neighbored the Moorish Emirate of Granada on which Ferdinand and Isabella wages a successful war from 1482-92. As the time frame accords precisely with the production of this fine element, it very likely derives from an armor which served in that war.
Height: 14 1/4
Provenance: The Armory of the Dukes of Osuna, Seville, Spain
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This plackart or reinforcing breast-plate is made to fit over an armor to provide additional protection against firearms. This allowed protection when needed and a lighter more maneuverable armor when it was not in place.
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This fine breast-plate is a product of the Nuremberg armor industry. It was made for a light half armor without tassets. The inside is struck with the mark of the Nuremberg rolling mills which produced the steel plate from which is was made.
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