防弹胸甲（胸甲和背板） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	防弹胸甲（胸甲和背板）
品名（英）	Shot-Proof Cuirass (Breastplate and Backplate)
入馆年号	2005年，2005.445a, b
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1700 - 公元 1750
创作地区	原产国: 法国, 贝桑松（Country of Origin: France, Besançon）
分类	装甲零件Cuirasse（Armor Parts-Cuirasses）
尺寸	Breastplate (a): 高 18 3/4 英寸 (47.5 厘米); 宽 12 3/4 英寸 (32.3 厘米); 深 5 7/8 英寸 (14.9 厘米); 重 15 磅 (6804 g); backplate (b): 高 16 1/2 英寸 (42 厘米); 宽 12 3/8 英寸 (31.4 厘米); 深 5 1/2 英寸 (14 厘米); 重 16 磅 8 盎司 (7484.4 g)
介绍（中）	这件胸甲是极其罕见的晚期装饰最高质量的盔甲的例子，也是为数不多的带有贝桑松（该镇或该镇的制造商）加冕N标记的法国例子之一。到十七世纪后期，盔甲的穿着基本上已经放弃了，尽管法国骑兵有时装有胸甲。这个例子是为一名高级军官（可能是贵族）制作的，经过特殊装饰，包括巴洛克式的武器奖杯和叶子装饰品，类似于 17 世纪末至 18 世纪初法国枪支上的武器。尽管有装饰，但胸甲还是实用的。胸甲左下侧的浅圆形凹痕表明胸甲是在试射中被击中的，以证明它是有效的防弹保护，或者，正如在 17 世纪和 18 世纪所说的那样，防弹。
介绍（英）	This cuirass is an exceptionally rare example of late decorated armor of the highest quality, and is one of the few documented French examples bearing the crowned N mark of Besançon (either the town or maker in that town). By the late seventeenth century the wearing of armor had largely been abandoned, though the French cavalry were sometimes fitted with cuirasses. This example, made for a high-ranking officer, probably a nobleman, was specially decorated and includes baroque trophies of arms and foliate ornament akin to that found on French firearms of the late 17th0early 18th century. Despite the decoration, the cuirass was functional. A shallow, round dent in the lower left side of the breastplate indicates that the cuirass was shot at in a test firing to prove that it was an effective protection against bullets, or, as it was called in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, shot proof.