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Brigandine Plate

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Brigandine Plate by its artist is a brown rusted metal piece resembling a torso with a wide top curving inwards to a narrower bottom. Two columns of evenly spaced holes run down the center on either side. The background is gray. The metal has speckled and blotchy patches of rust. The top edge is rough and uneven.

Artwork details

Date:
1400–1450
Medium:
Iron alloy, copper alloy
Culture:
Italian
Dimensions:
446 × 624 px
Museum record:
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