# Tortoise Shell Painted with the Arms of the Behaim Family

- By: German, Nuremberg
- Date: Possibly late 16th century or later
- Medium: Green sea turtle shell, canvas, and paint
- Classification: Armor
- Dimensions: 80.1 × 60.4 × 16.6 cm (31 1/2 × 23 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: George F. Harding Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/112053)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/3339d57d-4d6d-64c0-d06d-7c2b4cac1206/full/!1811,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)