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Chanfron in Maximilian Style
The collection record classifies this work as arms and armor. It is dated c. 1510. Recorded culture or place: Germany, Nuremberg (?), early 16th Century.
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- Museum title
- Chanfron in Maximilian Style
- Date
- c. 1510
- Culture / origin
- Germany, Nuremberg (?), early 16th Century
- Materials and technique
- steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 59.2 x 33.2 x 10.1 cm (23 5/16 x 13 1/16 x 4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.1845
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
The chanfron was the primary element that protected and decorated a horse's forehead and face. It consisted of a plate of steel contoured to the horse's head from its ears to its nostrils. Normally, two holes were cut at each side of the forehead for the ears, and earpieces were sometimes riveted around their edges. This example, however, was forged in one piece. It belongs to the transitional period between the Gothic and the fluted armors introduced by Emperor Maximilian. The hinge at the top is for the attachment of the crest plate.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance · CC0
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