Left Tasset (Thigh Defense) from a Boy's Costume Armor ca. 1532 Hans Seusenhofer Austrian This left thigh, along with a matching left shoulder also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. ), is from an armor ordered in 1532 by Archduke Ferdinand (later Emperor Ferdinand I) for his five-year-old nephew, the future Philip II of Spain (reigned 1556–98).. Left Tasset (Thigh Defense) from a Boy's Costume Armor. Austrian, Innsbruck. ca. 1532. Steel, copper alloy, gold. Innsbruck. Armor Parts-Thigh and Leg Defense


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