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approx. 1514/1515
Archduke Ferdinand II shows in his collection this boy’s suit of armour of King Louis II of Hungary (1506–1526). The young king died during the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans in 1526; thus, the Habsburgs inherited the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia.
Harnisch, Rüstung, Kinderrüstung, Rüstung König Ludwigs von Ungarn
Innsbruck
approx. 1514/1515
iron
142 cm × 65 cm × 27 cm
H. 142 cm (inklusive Sockel, ohne Helm), B. 65 cm (von Ellbogen zu Ellbogen), T. 27 cm
Sockel: Dm 63,5 cm
Helm extra: H. 30 cm, B. 25 cm, T. 35 cm
Konrad Seusenhofer
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer
Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, E 1
Das Objekt ist seit 1583 in den Ambraser Sammlungen nachweisbar; „Khönig Ludwig in Vnngern, so in ainem mosz errunkhen. Ain ganzer plankhter khürisz, hat kragen und prust, der ruggen, schosz sambt ainer ganzen pruech, auch schienen und schuech alles an einander, ain par achsl, ain par armzug, ain par hantschuech und ain helmelin“ (zit. Jahrbuch der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des AH Kaiserhauses, Bd. 7 (1888), Boeheim (Hg.), Reg. 5540, CCXIII, fol. 98r,v)
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