King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus’s armor set. Donated in 1574 by Princess Anna Jagiellon to John III of Sweden, made in the 1550s by Kunz Lochner in Nürnberg. Livrustkammaren, Stockholm [2122×2752]
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus’s armor set. Donated in 1574 by Princess Anna Jagiellon to John III of Sweden, made in the 1550s by Kunz Lochner in Nürnberg. Livrustkammaren, Stockholm [2122×2752]
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They did not use gld plated armor in battle did they? Seems impractical for several reasons.
Armorers must have been relative celebrities in their day. You do not get afforded the resources and time to make something that detailed without support from the aristocracy, and you wouldn’t get that withut having earned some recognition for your earlier work.
Why have I not seen it before?
Nice, an artefact they actually received instead of looting it in 1650’s.