Portions of an Armor Garniture 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
Object type: Portions of an armor garniture for field and tournament
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: German, Nuremberg
Artist: Kunz Lochner
Artist bio: German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567
Artist role: Armorer
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1555; probably repainted and shaffron eye guards restored later
Medium: Steel, brass, gold, paint, leather, textile (velvet)
Dimensions: crinet plate (14.25.854): L. 13 7/8 in. (35.5 cm); H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Wt. 9 oz. (261 g); vamplate (14.25.855): D. 8 1/2 in. (33.3 cm); H. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); Diam. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 3 oz. (1454 g); left pauldron (14.25.856): H. 8 1/2 in. (12.6 cm); W. 12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10 oz. (730 g); crinet plate (14.25.865): H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); D. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm); Wt. 8 oz. (236 g); right tasset (14.25.881a): H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 5 oz. (587 g); left tasset (14.25.881b): H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 10 oz. (726 g); shaffron (21.42): H. 23 1/4 in. (59 cm); W. 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 8 oz. (2034 g)
Classification: Armor for Horse
Geography:  Nuremberg     
Credit line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913; shaffron (21.42): Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession year: 1914