Portions of an Armor for Vincenzo Luigi di Capua (d. 1627)

Pompeo della Cesa

Date

ca. 1595

Type

Portions of an armor

Medium

Steel, gold, leather, copper alloy

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Italian, Milan

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2001.72a–d; 2013.618

Credit

Gorget, pauldrons, and breastplate: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2001; Backplate: Purchase, Gift in honor of Maximilian and Alexander Saga, 2013