Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries

Western European Armour of the 15th-17th Centuries

The Knights’ Room houses part of the Hermitage’s extremely rich collection of arms and armour that numbers around 15,000 items.

The display of Western European artistic arms of the 15th to 17th century presents a wide range of tournament, parade and hunting gear, as well as knights’ cold steel and fire-arms.

They include works by famous craftsmen who worked in the finest armouries in Germany, Spain, France, Italy.

 

 

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