Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) of Ottheinrich, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1502–1559)

Date

dated 1529

Type

Shaffron (Horse's head defense)

Medium

Steel, copper alloy, leather

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

German, probably Nuremberg

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

14.25.1654a

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913