Breastplate
A polished steel breastplate shown alone against a plain grey ground. A large eight-pointed star is engraved at the centre of the chest, and three raised horizontal ridges with rivets sit along the waist. The surface shows soft reflections and minor wear, suggesting a practical piece of field armour.
Look closer: Small rivets run along the lower edge of the waist lames and around the shoulder straps.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1500–10
- Medium
- Steel, leather
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3150 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1535).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Helmut Nickel and The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. Gifts, 2014