European Renaissance Armor Components
May 2026
These objects are all pieces of defensive armor and military equipment from 15th-17th century Europe, primarily from major armoring centers like Italy, Germany, and France.
500 objects · 4 institutions
Kettle Hat (War Hat)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1460
"Waistcoat" Cuirass (Combined Breast and Backplates)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1580
Adarga (Shield)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500
Archer's Arm Guard
Art Institute of Chicago
16th/17th century
Archer's Sallet
Art Institute of Chicago
1470/90
Arm Guard from a Suit of Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century
Armet
Art Institute of Chicago
1500/20
Armet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1440
Armet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520/30
Armet à Rondelle
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1460–75
Armor for Field and Tournament
Art Institute of Chicago
About 1560
Armor for Heavy Calvary (Cuirassier)
Art Institute of Chicago
about 1610
Armor for Man and Horse with Völs-Colonna Arms
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1575
Armor for the Field and Tourney
Art Institute of Chicago
1560/70
Armor for the Field and Tourney
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1550
Armor for the Joust
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
dated 1549
Armored Horse's Rein
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Armored Saddle
Art Institute of Chicago
early 17th century
Backplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Backplate
Art Institute of Chicago
early 17th century, marked later
Backplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
mid-1500s
Backplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1590/1600
Backplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560/70
Backplate in the Maximilian Style
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1510–30
Backplate with Associated Culet of One Lame
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Barbute (from the Venetian Garrison at Chalcis)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1350–1420
Barred Visor of a Close Helmet for the Gioco del Ponte
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600 or later
Basilard
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1540
Bevor
Art Institute of Chicago
Bevor ("Falling Buff")
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500
Bevor ("Falling Buff")
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500
Bevor ("Falling Buff") and Gorget Plate
Art Institute of Chicago
Bevor ("Falling Buff") with Two Gorget Pieces
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500
Bevor (Barbote)
Art Institute of Chicago
1470-90
Bevor with two Gorget Plates
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500, gorget plates possibly later
Bill
Art Institute of Chicago
1505/15
Bishop's Mantle (Cape)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1520–30
Black and White Burgonet (of the Civic Guard of Bologna)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1580–1600
Black and White Elbow Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1570
Black and White Morion (of Munich Town Guard)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1575–1600
Body Guard (Brigandine)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1500–1525
Boy's Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
late 17th century
Boy's Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560/80
Brayette
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Breast and Backplates from a Maximilian Armor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1510–30
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580/90
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
1500/20
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560, refashioned 1600-10
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
1560-70
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1540
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500
Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1575
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580
Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
mid-1500s
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580/90
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600
Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
1670-1700
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
1570-80
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520
Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560/70
Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1540
Breastplate (with lance rest and fauld/ Nuremberg)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1510–30
Breastplate from Hussar's Cuirass
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1580
Breastplate in the Maximilian Style
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1510–30
Breastplate with Associated Fauld
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1530
Breastplate with Associated Fauld
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570
Breastplate with Associated Skirt for Half-Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580
Breastplate with Etched Bands of Trophies and Medallions
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1550–1600
Breastplate with Folding Lance Rest and Fauld
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1550
Breastplate with Lance Rest and Fauld
Art Institute of Chicago
Breastplate with Tassets (Thigh Defenses)
Art Institute of Chicago
1520-30 with some modern restoration
Breastplate with Tassets (Thigh Defenses)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510
Bridle Gauntlet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Brigandine
Art Institute of Chicago
1590/99
Bronze crested helmet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
9th century BCE
Bronze helmet of Illyrian type
Metropolitan Museum of Art
early 5th century BCE
Buckler
Art Institute of Chicago
1630/50
Buckler (Targa)
Art Institute of Chicago
1550/75
Buckler (Targa)
Art Institute of Chicago
1550/75
Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
1550-60
Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560/70
Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570/80
Burgonet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1510–40
Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580/90
Burgonet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1540
Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Burgonet
Cleveland Museum of Art
Burgonet with Falling Buffe possibly from an Armor of William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1555
Burgonet with Hinged Cheek Pieces
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–70
Burgonet with Hinged Cheek Pieces
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1540
Cabacete (Helmet)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1480s–90s
Cabasset
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1570
Cabasset
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1570–80
Cantle (Back two piece saddle steels)
Art Institute of Chicago
Cantle Plate
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520
Cape of Mail
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Cape of Mail ("Bishop's Mantle")
Art Institute of Chicago
1500/30
Chain Mail
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Chanfron in Maximilian Style
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1510
Child's Harness Saddle with Lion Pommel
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s
Circular Target
Art Institute of Chicago
16th century
Clawed Arm Defense
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–19th century in the early 17th centlury style
Close Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
about 1600
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
1551, possibly 1557
Close Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1510–30
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
1510/20
Close Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1575
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
1610/20
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510/20
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
1520/30
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510/15
Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
Close Helmet (Burgonet)
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1500s
Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1590–1625
Close Helmet for Foot Tournament at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600/10
Close Helmet for Foot Tournament at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
1591
Close Helmet for Foot Tourney at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1575
Close Helmet for Tournament on Foot
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580/1600
Close Helmet for the Field
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–70
Close Helmet for the Joust
Art Institute of Chicago
1580/90
Close Helmet for the Joust and Tourney
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1590
Close Helmet for the Tourney
Art Institute of Chicago
1550/60
Close Helmet for the Tourney
Art Institute of Chicago
1600/10
Close Helmet for the Tourney
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580
Close Helmet from an Armor of Tsar Dmitry I
Art Institute of Chicago
1605-1606
Close Helmet in Maximilian Style
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1510–30
Close Helmet in Maximilian Style
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1520
Close Helmet of Three-Quarter Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1575
Closed Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
1600/10
Closed Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
about 1610
Closed Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
1600/10
Closed Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
1600/10
Closed Helmet of Elements of Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600/10
Closed Sallet with Grotesque Face (Schembart visor)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1500
Codpiece
Art Institute of Chicago
1550/70
Codpiece
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–16th century
Collar
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Colletin
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Colletin
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Colletin (two pieces)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Comb Morion
Art Institute of Chicago
1580/90
Comb Morion
Art Institute of Chicago
1570
Composite Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1610/20
Composite Armor for Heavy Cavalry (Cuirassier)
Art Institute of Chicago
1620-40
Composite Armor for the Joust and Tourney
Art Institute of Chicago
1560-70 with some restoration before 1841
Composite Boy's Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600
Composite Field Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
About 1570
Composite Zischägge (Helmet)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1620
Corinthian Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 625–550 BCE
Corinthian Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
Corsèque (Chauve-Souris)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1530
Cowter for the Left(?) Elbow from a Splint Rerebrace
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500
Crinet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520
Crupper with Tail Guard
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–16th century
Cuff of a Gauntlet
Art Institute of Chicago
Cuirass
Art Institute of Chicago
1530/40
Cuirass
Art Institute of Chicago
1700/50
Cuirass (Breastplate and Backplate) in the Late Gothic Style
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1480
Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss Guard
Art Institute of Chicago
1590; decoration 1623/44
Cuirass from an Armor of Tsar Dmitry I
Art Institute of Chicago
Cuirassier's Armor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1600–20
Cuirassier's Armor: Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1600–20
Cuisse and Poleyn for Right Leg
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510/20
Cuisse and Poleyn for the Left Leg
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510/20
Demi Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
1590/1600
Demi Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
1570/80
Demi Shaffron of an Infantry Garniture
Art Institute of Chicago
1570/80
Demi-Chanfron
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1550
Ear Piece of a Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Ear Piece of a Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Ear Pieces of a Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Elbow Cop (left)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Elements from a Partial Suit of Armor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1510–30
Elements from an Armor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1540–70
Elements of Composite Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520 with later additions
Elements of a Half Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1590
Elements of an Armor Garniture for the Field, Joust, and Tourney of a Radziwill Prince of Poland and Lithuania
Art Institute of Chicago
1573
Elements of an Armor for the Joust in the Italian Fashion
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570
Espalier
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Falconet with Arms of Alessandro Farnese, Pope Paul III (1534-1549)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1534–49
Falconet with Arms of Gian Pietro Carafa, Pope Paul IV
Cleveland Museum of Art
1555–59
Fauld
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Fencing Buckler
Art Institute of Chicago
possibly 19th century in 16th century Italian style
Field Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
1510/70
Field Armor for Man
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520
Field Armor in Maximilian Style
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1510–15
Field Armor in Maximilian Style: Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1510–15
Field Stove and Canteen
Art Institute of Chicago
1650/1700
Finger Guard
Art Institute of Chicago
16th century
Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600/20
Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
1575/1600 with later restoration
Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570/1600
Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1575/1600
Fingered Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600/20
Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570/1600
Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1550/60
Fingered Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
Fluted Field Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520
Folding Lance Rest
Art Institute of Chicago
late 16th century
Front of Mail Breech
Art Institute of Chicago
Funerary Close Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
Gardbrace
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Garniture for Field and Foot Tourney at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1575
Garniture for Field and Foot Tourney at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1575
Gauntlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Gauntlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1450/60
Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1430–40
Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
1575/90
Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570/90
Gauntlet from a Tournament Garniture of a Hapsburg Prince
Art Institute of Chicago
1571
Gauntlet from a Tournament Garniture of a Hapsburg Prince
Art Institute of Chicago
1571
Gauntlet of Mail
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Gauntlet with Bell Shaped Cuff (Right)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Gauntlets of Mail
Metropolitan Museum of Art
17th century
Gorget
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century in 16th century style
Gorget
Art Institute of Chicago
1590/1600
Gorget
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Gorget
Art Institute of Chicago
1620/50
Gorget
Cleveland Museum of Art
Gorget (from a funerary achievement?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1590–1625
Gorget Plate for Bevor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500
Gorget for Composite Boy's Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers
Art Institute of Chicago
Gorget of the St Sebastian Civic Guard in Roosendaal
Rijksmuseum
1588 - 1589
Gothic Backplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1475–1500
Gothic Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1485
Gothic Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1540
Gothic Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 1400s
Gothic Breastplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1490–1500
Gothic Breastplate and Taces
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1475–1500
Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (right)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1485–1500
Gothic Mitten Gauntlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1450
Gothic Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1490
Grandguard and Bevor for the Tourney
Art Institute of Chicago
1550/60
Great Basinet (Kolbenturnierhelm)
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–19th century in 15th century style
Great Sallet
Art Institute of Chicago
late 14th/early 15th century
Gun Shield
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1544
Half Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560/70
Half Armor for the Foot Tournament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1590
Half-Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Hand Pavise
Art Institute of Chicago
1470/1500
Hand Pavise for Foot Combat
Art Institute of Chicago
1470/1500, painted late 18th century
Hand Pavise with the Coat of Arms of the Teutonic Order
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1450
Hauberk
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Hauberk
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Hauberk
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Hauberk
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Hauberk
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Hauberk
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Hauberk
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1400–1450
Hauberk
Cleveland Museum of Art
Hauberk of Chain Mail
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s
Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s
Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
4th century BCE
Helmet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–80
Helmet with Barred Visor
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Horse Muzzle
Art Institute of Chicago
1674
Horse's Crinet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Hussar's Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
Infantry Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
1575/85
Infantry Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1550-60
Infantry Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
Infantry Armor and Targe (Shield)
Art Institute of Chicago
1590/1600
Infantry Garniture of a Target (Shield) and Pointed Morion
Art Institute of Chicago
1570/80
Infantry or Demi Lancer's Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
1540-50
Javelin with Concealed Poignard
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th Century
Jousting Glove (Main-de-Fer Gauntlet)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1530–60
Jousting Helm (Stechhelm)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1480
Jousting Shield (Stecktarge) with the Coat of Arms of the City of Deggendorf
Art Institute of Chicago
1450/60
Knee Cap
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Lacquer Saddle
Art Institute of Chicago
Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century
Lames (eight) of a Left Gauntlet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1550/60
Left Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560 (some modern)
Left Cuisse
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Left Cuisse with Poleyns (knee-cops)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Left Gauntlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Left Gauntlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Left Greave
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Left Greave and Sabaton
Art Institute of Chicago
1540/50
Left Hand Prosthetic
Art Institute of Chicago
late 16th century
Left Leg
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Left Pauldron Reinforce
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570/80
Left Pauldron with Guard Brace
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Left Pauldron with Rerebrace (upper cannon) and Lower Cannon
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Left Sabatoun
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Left Vambrace
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Left Vambrace (lower cannon)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Leg Guard (Greave)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Lever
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s
Lower Plate of a Bascinet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
early 15th century
Lowest Lame of Long Tasset
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1540/60, later altered and reworked
Mail Breeches
Art Institute of Chicago
late 15th century
Mail Cape (Bishop's Mantle)
Art Institute of Chicago
Mail Shirt
Art Institute of Chicago
17th century (?)
Mail Shirt
Art Institute of Chicago
Mail Shirt
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century (?)
Mail Standard (Collar)
Art Institute of Chicago
1450/1500
Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510/20
Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1540
Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1530/40
Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century in the early 16th century Spanish style
Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1530
Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520/30
Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1540/50
Morion
Metropolitan Museum of Art
late 16th century
Morion
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1575–1600
Morion for the Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580
Morion of the State Guard of Elector Christian I of Saxony
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1580–91
Morion-Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
1585
Morion-Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
1570-80
Natural Trumpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1680/1720
Pair of Armored Reins
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century in 16th century German style
Pair of Armored Reins
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century in 16th century German style
Pair of Cowters
Art Institute of Chicago
1570/1630
Pair of Cuisses and Poleyns
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510
Pair of Dueling Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
late 16th century/17th century
Pair of Dueling Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
1580/1600
Pair of Espaliers (Pauldrons/upper arm canons)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Pair of Fingered Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520
Pair of Fingered Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580/1600
Pair of Gauntlets
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Pair of Mail Sleeves
Art Institute of Chicago
1550/1600
Pair of Mitten Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570
Pair of Mitten Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500/20
Pair of Mitten Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1530
Pair of Mitten Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century (?) in the Innsbruck style of c. 1530/40
Pair of Mitten Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500/20
Pair of Mitten Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520 with modern restorations
Pair of Mitten Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1480 and 19th century in 15th century style
Pair of Mitten Gauntlets
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Prick Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
18th/19th century
Pair of Rowel Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1500/25
Pair of Rowel Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
18th/19th century
Pair of Rowel Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1630
Pair of Rowel Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
early 17th century
Pair of Sleeves of Mail
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–16th century
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1630/35
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
first half of 17th century
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
early 17th century
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
late 14th century
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
early 17th century
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1630
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
15th/16th century
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century
Pair of Spurs
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Stirrups
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century in early 16th century German style
Pair of Stirrups
Art Institute of Chicago
16th century
Pair of Stirrups
Art Institute of Chicago
1738
Pair of Stirrups
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century
Pair of Stirrups
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1800
Pair of Stirrups
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century in early 16th century German style
Pair of Stirrups
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s
Pair of Stirrups
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th century
Pair of Stirrups
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century (?) in 16th century European style
Pair of Stirrups
Art Institute of Chicago
17th/18th century
Pair of Tassets
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1540
Pair of Tassets
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Tassets for Light Field Use
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570
Pair of Turning Rerebrace Plates
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1540/60
Pair of Upper Arm Canons
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Pair of stirrups
Art Institute of Chicago
17th-18th century
Parade Cuirass
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600–10
Parade Shield of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547-1559), copy of
Art Institute of Chicago
1909 (copy of c. 1555 style)
Partial Suit of Armor in Maximilian Style
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1525
Pauldron (proper left) and Grandguard
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Pauldron (proper right) and Gardbrace
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Pauldron for Right Shoulder
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s
Pauldron for Right shoulder
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–70
Peaked Morion
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1580–90
Pear Stalk Cabasset
Cleveland Museum of Art
1580–1600
Peytral and Lower Neck Defense of a Horse Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–16th century
Peytral from a horse armor of Georg von Wolframsdorf
Art Institute of Chicago
About 1480
Peytral of a Horse Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520
Pikeman Armor for an Officer
Art Institute of Chicago
1625/30
Pikeman’s Armor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1620–30
Pointed Morion
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580
Pointed Morion
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580
Pointed Morion
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1580
Pommel Plate from a Saddle
Metropolitan Museum of Art
13th–15th century
Pommel Plate of a Saddle (from the "Flechtband" Garniture of Rudolf II and Archduke Ernst, Vienna)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1571
Pommel Plate of a Saddle (from the Garniture of Rudolf II)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Pommel Plates from the Garniture of Rudolf II
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1571
Portions of a Field Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1588
Portions of a Jousting Armor
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560 with some modern restorations
Portions of a Jousting Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
1570/80
Prick Spur
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1300
Prick Spur
Metropolitan Museum of Art
8th century
Prick Spur
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1800
Pricked Spur
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200s
Pricked Spur
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200s
Pricked Spur
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200s
Proper Left Arm (Vambrace, Rerebrace and Couter)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Proper Left Cuisse and Knee Cop
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Proper Left Greave
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–80
Proper Left Tasset
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1575
Proper Right Arm (Vambrace, Rerebrace and Couter)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–80
Proper Right Cuisse and Knee Cop
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Proper Right Greave
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Prosthetic Left Hand and Arm
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1600/30
Reinforce for the Left Cowter for Use in the Tilt
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Reinforce for the Left Pauldron
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570
Reinforcing Bevor and Grandguard for the Joust
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Reinforcing Bevor and Grandguard for the Joust
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Reinforcing Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
1610-20
Reinforcing Breastplate Bevor, and Grandguard for the Joust
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1560
Reinforcing Plates of Armor for the Tilt
Metropolitan Museum of Art
dated 1551
Right Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Rerebrace with Couter)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560 (some modern)
Right Cuisse with Poleyns (knee-cops)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Right Gauntlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Right Gauntlet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–1570
Right Greave
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Right Leg
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Right Pauldron
Art Institute of Chicago
1580
Right Pauldron with Guard Brace
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Right Sabatoun
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Right Vambrace
Cleveland Museum of Art
1801–1900
Rondache (Round Shield)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1570
Round Shield (Rondache)
Art Institute of Chicago
about 1625
Rowel Spur
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1700
Saddle
Art Institute of Chicago
late 18th century, possibly 19th century(?)
Saddle
Art Institute of Chicago
1400-20
Saddle Steels (Front three piece)
Art Institute of Chicago
Saddle with Four Saddle Plates
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1540
Sallet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1460
Sallet
Art Institute of Chicago
1490/1500
Sallet (Barbuta)
Art Institute of Chicago
1450/60
Sallet (Barbute)
Art Institute of Chicago
1460-1470
Sallet (Barbute)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1460
Sallet (Barbute)
Art Institute of Chicago
Savoyard Helmet (Todenkopf)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1600–20
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Scale Armor
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1870
Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
1580/1600
Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1575
Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
1540/70
Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
about 1620
Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
16th century
Shaffron
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1510/20
Shield
Metropolitan Museum of Art
16th century
Shield (Rondache) with a Spiked Umbo
Art Institute of Chicago
Shield (Targone) for the Gioco del Ponte
Art Institute of Chicago
1776
Shield Boss
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Shield for the Bodyguard of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
Art Institute of Chicago
1590/1600
Shirt of Mail
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–16th century
Shirt of Mail
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–16th century
Shirt of Mail
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–16th century
Shirt of Mail
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1400 (?)
Shishak
Art Institute of Chicago
late 16th–early 17th century
Shishak
Art Institute of Chicago
16th century
Sleeve of Chain Mail
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Sleeve of Chain Mail
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sleeves of Chain Mail
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Spider Helmet
Art Institute of Chicago
1650/1700
Standing Pavise
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1480/90
Stirrup
Metropolitan Museum of Art
first half 17th century
Stirrup
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1525 – 1550
Stirrup
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1525–1550
Stirrup
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Stirrup (1 of 2)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Stirrup (2 of 2)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s
Suit of Armor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1550–70
Targe (Shield)
Art Institute of Chicago
1580/1600
Targe (Shield)
Art Institute of Chicago
Dated 1551
Tasset (1 of 2)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1540
Tasset (2 of 2)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1540
Tasset (proper left)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Tasset (proper right)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–1580
Three-Quarter Field Armor of Anime Construction
Art Institute of Chicago
Tilting Gauntlet for the Left Hand (Manifer)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1520/30
Tilting Lance
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1875–1925
Tilting Suit (composed)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–80
Tortoise Shell Painted with the Arms of the Behaim Family
Art Institute of Chicago
Possibly late 16th century or later
Tournament Helm (Stechhelm)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1490
Tournament Sallet (Rennhut) with Buffe
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1570/1600
Triple-Combed Burgonet
Art Institute of Chicago
1540/50
Triple-Crested Burgonet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560–70
Twee onbekende jongemannen
Rijksmuseum
c. 1660
Uithangarm, versierd met in vogelkop eindigende voluten. Verz. Mannheimer.
Rijksmuseum
1760
Upper Arm Canon
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s
Vambrace
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1560
Vamplate
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s
Visor
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1400
Visored Bascinet
Art Institute of Chicago
1390/1400
Visored Sallet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1490–1500
War Hat (or Kettle Hat)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1475–1500
Zischägge (Helmet)
Art Institute of Chicago
1620-40
Zischägge (Helmet)
Art Institute of Chicago
1620/30
Zischägge (Helmet)
Art Institute of Chicago
1620-40
Zischägge (Helmet) and Cuirass of Emperor Ferdinand II
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1620