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Breastplate
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A breastplate or chestplate is a device worn over the torso to protect it from injury, as an item of religious significance, or as an item of status.
A 15th-century Gothic breastplate, with belts hanging below the fauld for the attachment of tassets
A 15th-century Gothic breastplate, with belts hanging below the fauld for the attachment of tassets
Breastplate and helmet of the French Horse Carabinier, during the Bourbon Restoration (1816–1824)
Breastplate and helmet of the French Horse Carabinier, during the Bourbon Restoration (1816–1824)
New-made replicas of a 17th-century helmet, two breastplates, tassets, a halberd, and two military marching drums
New-made replicas of a 17th-century helmet, two breastplates, tassets, a halberd, and two military marching drums
Man's Breastplate, Crow (Native American), 1880–1900, Brooklyn Museum
Man's Breastplate, Crow (Native American), 1880–1900, Brooklyn Museum
Aegis
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The aegis or egis, as stated in the Iliad, is a device carried by Zeus, Apollo and Athena, variously interpreted as an animal skin or a shield and sometimes featuring the head of a Gorgon. There may b
Breastplate
…vests are the modern descendant of the breastplate. Both Zeus and Athena are sometimes depicted as wearing a goatskin shield or breastplate called an Aegis. At the center of Athena’s shield was the head of Medusa. The 14th century Majapahit Empire manufactured breastplate, called karambalangan. The most…
The aegis on the so-called Athena Lemnia, a Roman statue type often identified as a copy of a work by the Classical Greek sculptor Pheidias (Dresden S
The aegis on the so-called Athena Lemnia, a Roman statue type often identified as a copy of a work by the Classical Greek sculptor Pheidias (Dresden Skulpturensammlung)
Athena's aegis, with Gorgon, here resembles the skin of the serpent who guards the golden fleece (regurgitating Jason); cup by Douris, early fifth cen
Athena's aegis, with Gorgon, here resembles the skin of the serpent who guards the golden fleece (regurgitating Jason); cup by Douris, early fifth century BC (Vatican Museums)
First century BC depiction of Alexander wearing the aegis on the Alexander Mosaic, Pompeii (Naples National Archaeological Museum)
First century BC depiction of Alexander wearing the aegis on the Alexander Mosaic, Pompeii (Naples National Archaeological Museum)
Augustus shown with an aegis thrown over his shoulder as a divine attribute in the Blacas Cameo; the hole for the head appears at the point of his sho
Augustus shown with an aegis thrown over his shoulder as a divine attribute in the Blacas Cameo; the hole for the head appears at the point of his shoulder.