| Arms and Armor From Imperial Austria | Exhibition Highlights | Black-and-white Three-quarter Armor for a Nobleman |
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Black-and-white Three-quarter Armor for a Nobleman
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| Black-and-white Three-quarter Armor for a Nobleman, about 1550 Steel and leather Michael Witz the Younger (active Austria, Innsbruck, 1525-1565) Lent by the Styrian Museum Joanneum, Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. 1414 |
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Witz was a master armorer who made this exquisite suit for an unrecorded client. The armor is decorated with a black-and-white finish, in which the craftsman alternated bright polished surfaces with unpolished or otherwise darkened areas. In addition, the armor was embossed, a process whereby the metal was punched and raised from within, producing a design in relief. |
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