Elements of a Half Armor for Foot Tournament at the Barriers
c. 1590
- Medium
- Steel, brass, and leather
- Classification
- Armor
- Dimensions
- H.: 142.2 cm (56 in.)
- Culture
- Augsburg
- 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
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The girth of this half armor was tailored to fit a large adult for use in a foot tournament. In this engagement participants hit each other with blunted swords or pikes. Strikes below the waist were prohibited, and a barrier protected the lower body. A now lost helmet and pair of gauntlets would have completed this armor.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
