Caption

Necklace and shoulder pad made of caracal armor; drawing glued across the entire surface to paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with the upper edge to cardboard. 1853. Drawing: height 22.1 cm, width 9.7 cm; pad: height 25.0 cm, width 9.7 cm; cardboard: height 35.6 cm, width 50.4 cm. Maker: Lesser, Aleksander 1814–1884. Style/subject: militaria, armor, knightly armor, cuirasses, shoulder pads; materials: caracal armor., The image shows a vertical illustration on brown paper depicting decorative armor elements in muted tones of brown, gold, red, white, gray, and black; at the top is a curved collar piece with a central ornate emblem featuring gold wings and red accents surrounded by a pattern of rounded scales each highlighted with gold dots and white highlights; below that is a separate circular mask-like face rendered in gold with a mustache and open mouth, set against a scalloped gray helmet or crest studded with small gold dots, and beneath the face is a rectangular section of overlapping scales with gold highlights and white reflections; the overall palette includes various browns for the background, gold and yellow details, red accents, gray helmet shading, and touches of white and black for highlights and outlines.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A33_011

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19.1Mb (816.0Kb) / 5.4in x 13.7in / 1618 x 4123 (300dpi)

Keywords

Necklace shoulder pad caracal armor drawing glued across entire surface paper dimensions upper edge cardboard 1853 Drawing height 22.1 cm width 9.7 cm pad 25.0 cm 35.6 cm width 50.4 cm Maker Lesser Aleksander 1814–1884 Style subject militaria armor knightly armor cuirasses shoulder pads materials image vertical illustration brown paper depicting decorative elements muted tones brown gold red white gray black top curved collar piece central ornate emblem featuring gold wings red accents surrounded pattern rounded scales highlighted gold dots white highlights separate circular mask- face rendered mustache open mouth set scalloped gray helmet crest studded small gold dots beneath face rectangular section overlapping scales gold highlights white reflections palette includes various browns background yellow details red accents helmet shading touches highlights outlines.