Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss Guard

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Object: Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss Guard
Artist: Italian, Brescia
Date: 1590; decoration 1623/44
Department: Applied Arts of Europe
Material family: metal
On view: true