Armor for Field and Tournament
Jörg T. Sorg, the Younger, after German, Augsburg, active 1502-1542
About 1560
On view — Gallery 239 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
The growing relationship between armor and costume in the 16th century is indicated in the delicately incised and etched center band with scalloped edge on this armor, which mimics the embroidered front closing of a contemporary male doublet (a close-fitted bodice). The particularly fine decoration…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Steel with gilding, iron, brass, leather, and cord
- Dimensions
- H.: 185.4 cm (73 in.)
- Origin
- Augsburg