Pair of Gauntlets, ca. 1585, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, gold, silver, leather, L. of each 9 1/4 in. ( cm); W. of each 3 3

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Pair of Gauntlets, ca. 1585, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, gold, silver, leather, L. of each 9 1/4 in. ( cm); W. of each 3 3/4 in. ( cm), Armor Parts-Gauntlets, These small gauntlets belong to an armor for foot tournament made for the seven-year-old heir to the Spanish throne, the future Philip III (1578–1621, king from 1598). The decoration is typically Milanese, with bands of chiseled and gold-damascened trophy and grotesque ornament outlined with silver dots

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