The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Gothic Breastplate and Taces

c. 1475–1500

North Italy, late 15th Century

steel with brass rosette rivets
Overall: 41 x 31.7 x 14 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.63
Location: 210A Armor Court
  • Offerman Sale; Feb. 1919; cat. #321.
  • Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 61, C1; Reproduced: Plate XII, C1 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p. 33 archive.org
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"
  • {{cite web|title=Gothic Breastplate and Taces|url=false|author=|year=c. 1475–1500|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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