Breastplate of Armor for Field and Tilt, of Count Franz von Teuffenbach (1516-78)
Item
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Title
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Breastplate of Armor for Field and Tilt, of Count Franz von Teuffenbach (1516-78)
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Rights
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Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts. Fair Use.
Image © Worcester Art Museum, The John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection.
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Creator
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Stefan Rormoser
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Date
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1554
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Description
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Consisting of mainplate, bellyplate, waistflange; inset gussets. Secures to backplate with hasps at the shoulders and flanks. Inscribed "FRANZISCKH.V.TEVFNPACH" on frontplate at L shoulder, and "FVDR" (Freiherr von dem Reich?) at corresponding point on R shoulder. The image of the Barbary Order (bearing the legend BARBARIA) is etched into the decorative band on the L side and the date 1554 appears in the central etched band above Teuffenbach's coat of arms.
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Format
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steel, brass, lampblack, with modern leather. 48 × 38 × 19 cm (18 7/8 × 14 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.), 11 lb, 14 oz (weight with tassets)
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Publisher
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Worcester Art Museum
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Contributor
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Rieley Lawson
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Identifier
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Worcester Art Museum. 2014.80.3
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Subject
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brass; steel; leather; breastplate; armor
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Source
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jpeg file. Worcester Art Museum. 11/02/2025
https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/50446/breastplate-of-armor-for-field-and-tilt-of-count-franz-von?ctx=420eb61195b427cfdfd948f339ceb70e7cc3508d&idx=13
