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Pair of Tassets (Thigh Defenses) Belonging to an Armor for Field and Tournament Made for Duke Nikolaus "The Black" Radziwill (1515–1565), Duke of Nesvizh and Olyka, Prince of the Empire, Grand Chancellor and Marshal of Lithuania
Armorer Kunz Lochner (German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)
ca. 1555; probably repainted later
- Medium
- Steel, gold, paint
- Classification
- Armor Parts-Thigh and Leg Defense
- Dimensions
- right tasset (a): H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 5 oz. (587 g); left tasset (b): H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10 oz. (726 g)
- Culture
- German, Nuremberg
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
