Chanfron (headpiece for a horse)

Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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Chanfron (headpiece for a horse)

c. 1580

Artist/maker unknown, Ottoman

The inscription raises the possibility that this chanfron, and a comparable example bearing an analogous inscription, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, were made for armed retainers of the Ottoman jurist, administrator, and military commander Murad Pasha (died 1611). Pasha was a notable patron of the arts whose remarkable career culminated with his promotion to grand vizier in 1606.

Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

Object Details

Title:

Chanfron (headpiece for a horse)

Date:

c. 1580

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Ottoman

Medium:

Embossed and engraved steel

Dimensions:

24 x 13 inches (61 x 33 cm)

Classification:

Arms and Armor

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Walter E. Stait Fund and the Fiske and Marie Kimball Fund, 2011

Accession Number:

2011-56-1

Geography:

Made in the Ottoman Empire, Anatolia, Asia

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Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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