Breastplate
1850-1880 (made)
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Steel breastplate of peascod form, embossed wit flowers, scrolls and masks and gilded in the style of the late 16th century, possibly by Gaetano Guidi of Florence, around 1870
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Steel, gold, embossed, gilded |
| Brief description | Steel breastplate of peascod form, embossed and gilded in the style of the late 16th century, possibly by Gaetano Guidi of Florence, around 1870 |
| Physical description | Steel breastplate of peascod form, embossed wit flowers, scrolls and masks and gilded in the style of the late 16th century, possibly by Gaetano Guidi of Florence, around 1870 |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by D. M. Currie |
| Object history | The breastplate was recognised as a fake when it entered the Museum in 1921. It may well have been by the Florentine restorer Gaetano Guidi, who is known to have made embossed armour in this style for the collector Frederick Stibbert in the 1870s. |
| Production | Fake |
| Bibliographic reference | Jones, Mark (ed.), Fake? : The Art of Deception, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1990 |
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| Accession number | M.147-1921 |
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| Record created | April 6, 2004 |
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