Left Tasset (Thigh Defense) from a Boy's Costume Armor, ca. 1532

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Left Tasset (Thigh Defense) from a Boy's Costume Armor, ca. 1532, Innsbruck, Austrian, Innsbruck, Steel, copper alloy, gold, H. 8 3/8 in. ( cm); W. 6 in. ( cm); D. 4 1/2 in. ( cm), Armor Parts-Thigh and Leg Defense, This left thigh, along with a matching left shoulder, 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

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