| Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I | |
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| Artist | Kunz Lochner |
| Year | 1549 |
| Medium | Plate armor: steel, brass, leather |
| Dimensions | 170.2 cm (67.0 in) |
| Weight | 24 kg |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
| Owner | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Accession | 33.164a–x |
| Website | Collection - The Met |
The Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I is a suit of plate armor created by the Nuremberg armorer Kunz Lochner in 1549 for the future Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor.[1][2] One of several suits of armor made for the Emperor Ferdinand during the wars of Reformation and conflict with the Ottomans, the etched but functional armor is thought by scholars to symbolize and document the role of the Habsburg Catholic monarchs as warriors on Europe's literal and ideological battlefields.[3]
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- ^ LaRocca, Donald J. (1995). "An English Armor for the King of Portugal". Metropolitan Museum Journal. XXX: 81–96. doi:10.2307/1512952. JSTOR 1512952. S2CID 192961079.