Knight in suit of decorated plate armour, early 16th century.

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Knight in suit of decorated plate armour on caparisoned horse, early 16th century. He wears a feather beret instead of a helmet, carries a battle hammer, and has a brooch with a naked woman on his belt. From an oil painting signed , which may be the artist or the knight. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

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