Cuirass
Valentin Siebenbüger (Nuremberg)
1530/40
- Medium
- Steel and leather
- Classification
- Armor
- Dimensions
- H.: 55.9 cm (22 in.)
- Culture
- Nuremberg
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- George F. Harding Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The high waistline, boldly faceted breast, and deeply roped edges of this cuirass reveal Siebenberger’s masterful evocation of the tastes of the time. The form is both functional and decorative and serves as a benchmark for high-quality munitions (serial production) armor made by the city of Nuremberg’s flourishing arms industry.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
