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Pommel Plate of a Saddle, from the Garniture of Rudolf II
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Pommel Plate of a Saddle, from the Garniture of Rudolf II

Anton Peffenhauser (German, 1525–1603), artist · c. 1571 · blued, etched, and gilded steel

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This plate, one of two and once part of a saddle, is from tournament armor made 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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit linePommel Plate of a Saddle, from the Garniture of Rudolf II, c. 1571. Anton Peffenhauser (German, 1525–1603). Blued, etched, and gilded steel; overall: 31.3 x 17 cm (12 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1888.2
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