Subject: Landsknecht mercenary infantry
Culture: Imperial German
Setting: Holy Roman Empire, Germany/Italy 16th-mid 17thc
Object: armor
Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor *
"Portions of a Costume Armor Steel, embossed, etched, and gilt Kolman Helmschmid (1471-1532) German (Augsburg), about 1525
This armor reproduces in steel the extravagant puffed and slashed costume of the German Landsknechte (mercenary infantry troops).
The matching pieces are preserved in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris.
"Coming from the Radziwill armory in Nieśwież (now Nesvizh, U.S.S.R.),
this armor may have been made for Jerzy Herkules Radziwill, a powerful Polish nobleman." ....
* Royal Ontario Museum > Arms & Armor
"Calotte de fer Italie ou allemgne méridionale, vers 1530. ...
Les lansquenets allemands portaient des casques de ce genre au début du XVIe siècle."
* Royal Ontario Museum > Arms & Armor
"Plastron de fantassin Italie, vers 1520.
La braconnière qui couvre le bassin et les tassettes qui protègent les cuisses sont les restaurations modernes." ...
Arlington Museum of Art > A Knight's Tale *
"Corselet of Infantryman with Helmet
German manufacture (Nuremberg)
Late 16th-early 17th centuries
Steel, leather, linen, silk
This type of black and white corselet, known for its elongated tassets of articulated lames, was typical of the German Landsknechts.
These mercenary soldiers had a formidable reputation and were an important military force in Europe through the late 1400s and 1500s.
The black paint was utilized for both decoration and conservation purposes."
* Royal Ontario Museum > Arms & Armor
"Colletin de maille (<<camail d'évêque>>)
Allemagne, début du XVIe siècle ...
Un large coll [sic] de mailles qui protégeait le cou et les épaules faisait partie de l'armure des lansquenets."
* Arlington Museum of Art > A Knight's Tale
"Burgonet with Three Crests German manufacture Mid 16th century Steel, leather, linen, silk
This burgonet, simply made with three crests or combs, has a fabric covering with decorations typical of German Landsknecht attire. Although used primarily by infantry in the 1500s, examples of high rank can also be found."
Medieval Armour Mart *
