Subject: schutter 'shooter' militiaman
Culture: Dutch
Setting: Gouden Eeuw, Netherlands 17thc
Object: armor
* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
"Backplate and tassets
Armour like this appears in several group portraits of Dutch Civic Guards.
The backplate is engraved with the figure of Hercules struggling with the Hydra.
Tassets were attached to a breastplate and protected the upper thighs." ...
