Sujet
Breastplate from Hussar's Cuirass, c. 1580. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Breastplate from Hussar's Cuirass, c. 1580. This style of breastplate, with its numerous articulating lames, was probably used by a Hungarian hussar, a type of light cavalryman. The steel plates were originally blued-now turned russet-and etched and gilded with strapwork bands. The rows of vertical holes once provided gilt-brass settings for stones or glasspaste jewels. The effect would have suggested the semi-oriental costume and armor of the Near East favored by Polish and Hungarian armies of the late Renaissance.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F73_130
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
8,3Mo (925,2Ko) / 13,0cm x 16,0cm / 1536 x 1889 (300dpi)