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Work Details:

Title:Armor of Maximilian I and Charles V
Creator:Workshop of Kolman Helmschmid [German, c. 1470 – 1532]
Culture/Nationality:German
Style:Renaissance
Date:c. 1517-1540
Location:Real Armería, Madrid
Medium:steel, gold

 

 
Dolphin's-head tailpiece
 
Left Crupper with Samson bearing the gate of Gaza and slaying the lion
 
Right Crupper with Hercules taming the Cretan bull and fighting the Hydra