Pommel Plate of a Saddle, from the "Flechtband" Garniture of Rudolf II and Archduke Ernst, Vienna

Pommel Plate of a Saddle, from the "Flechtband" Garniture of Rudolf II and Archduke Ernst, Vienna

c. 1571 · Anton Peffenhauser (German, 1525–1603)

blued, etched, and gilded steel

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