Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47), Hans Holbein the Younger, dated 1527

British, greenwich; armor garniture; armor for horse and man. Damascene engraving depicts a war-elephant saddled with a tower inhabited by three putti, one holding a standard, two blowing trumpets, doing battle with other putti in a jungle of rennaissance scrollwork. The elephant has grasped an enemy putto with his trunk. Date: dated 1527. Dimensions: H. 73 in. (185.4 cm); Wt. 62 lb. 12 oz. (28.45 kg). Medium: copper alloy, gold, leather, steel. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47) MET DT258189