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Pair of Tassets of Emperor Charles V of Austria (1500–1558)
Armorer Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg 1471–1532)
Armorer or Desiderius Helmschmid
ca. 1530–40
- Medium
- Steel, gold
- Classification
- Armor Parts
- Dimensions
- L. of each 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. of each 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm); Wt. of right tasset 1 lb. 1 oz. (482 g); Wt. of left tasset 1 lb. 2 oz. (510 g)
- Culture
- German, Augsburg
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
