Armour of Piet Heyn
Also titled Harnas van Piet Heyn
c. 1600 - in or before 1629
- Medium
- iron (metal)
- Classification
- armor
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
According to tradition, Piet Heyn was wearing this armour in battle when he intercepted Ostend privateers in 1629. During the battle he was fatally injured in the shoulder. After his death, his armour and commander’s baton were placed above his tomb. There is no evidence of the fatal shoulder wound on the armour, although the cuirass does bear the traces of two repaired bullet holes.
