Creator Information
Anonymous
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Date Information
Late 16th Century
Description
Consisting of a burgonet with hinged umbril and cheekpieces, gorget with espaliers, rere and vam braces, fingered gauntlets. The decoration on the border takes the form of a scroll pattern repousse en relief; the sinister and dexter of the tapul breast-plate is decorated with an etched representation of the crucifixion and a kneeling knight. From the Beardmore Collection
Provenance: Purchased by William Randolph Hearst from Duveen Bros., Inc., London, January 23, 1922.
Rights
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Source
Photograph, William Randolph Hearst Archive, S/B lot 624, art #7, Album 6, p. 19