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Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) 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 and eye guards restored later
- Medium
- Steel, brass, gold, paint
- Classification
- Equestrian Equipment-Shaffrons
- Dimensions
- H. 23 1/4 in. (59 cm); W. 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm); D. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 8 oz. (2034 g)
- Culture
- German, Nuremberg
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1921
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, 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
