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Pommel Plate of a Saddle (from the "Flechtband" Garniture of Rudolf II and Archduke Ernst, Vienna)
Anton Peffenhauser (German, 1525–1603)c. 1571
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This plate, one of two was once part of a saddle, are from tournament armor for man and horse made for the sons of Emperor Maximilian II, archdukes Rudolf and Ernst. Most of the remaining elements of this armor are still in the collections of the Imperial Armouries in Vienna. The decorative pattern (in the imperial colors of black and gold) forms elegant knots, with distinctive foliage and hop sprigs filling the loops.
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- Title: Pommel Plate of a Saddle (from the "Flechtband" Garniture of Rudolf II and Archduke Ernst, Vienna)
- Creator: Anton Peffenhauser (German, 1525–1603)
- Date Created: c. 1571
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 33 x 17.8 cm (13 x 7 in.)
- Provenance: Imperial Armories, Vienna, Austria, Hastings, Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany, Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Arms and Armor
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1888.1
- Medium: blued, etched, and gilded steel
- Fun Fact: Once part of a saddle, this plate protected the rider's thigh.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Germany, Augsburg, 16th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Collection: MED - Arms & Armor
- Accession Number: 1916.1888.1
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