Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I was a man of great wealth, a man obsessed with chivalry, armor, weapons and everything about knighthood.
Today in museums we have plenty of relics of his noble passion.
Here are some of my favorite relics of The Last Knight of Europe 🧵
Gothic plate armor forged by Lorenz Helmschmid that is housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.
Date: 1492
Gothic gauntlets from 1485, made by Lorenz Helmschmid.
Maximilian's ceremonial parade sword. Housed at the Imperial treasury in Vienna.
Housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Austria, this is a cuirass and bevor from 1485.
A closed sallet from the year 1495 from the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Maximilian's field armor. Look at the incredible detail and gilding!
Remaining pieces of jousting armor from ca. 1500 from the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Another set of armor for the joust of war.
ca. 1500 and later. Housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Imperial Armoury.
A shaffron (armor for a horses head) made by Konrad Seusenhofer from 1514 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
A spearhead given as a gift to the future Emperor.
The head of a lance that was used by Maximilian during a tournament!
By Jorg Treytz, 1485-1490
An etched rotella shield from 1505.
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