  About the Artwork
  
  
  The acorn and leaf patterns on the back shoulders of this armor allude to the Khevenhüller family home: Castle Aichelberg (Oak Mountain) in eastern Austria. The breastplate’s overlapping sections resemble equipment worn by Polish and Hungarian horsemen, communicating his connection to central Europe.
  
  
  Title
  Field Armor in the Hungarian Style for Baron Bartholomäus Khevenhüller
  
  
  Artwork Date
  ca. 1585 - 1600
  
  Artist
  Circle of Anton Peffenhauser
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  Augsburg
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events.
  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  German
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Steel, brass, cloth, silk, leather, gilding
  
  
  Dimensions
  Installed: 41 9/16 × 26 3/4 × 14 1/4 inches (105.6 × 67.9 × 36.2 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Arms and Armor
  
  
  Department
  European Sculpture and Dec Arts
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  53.199
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
