Meet Maximilian, ‘The Last Knight,’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exemplary armor exhibition shows the splendor of Emperor Maximilian I

The astonishingly beautiful field armor of Maximilian I. Sallet: Private Collection, New York; all other elements of the armor: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Imperial Armoury (A60). Bruce M. White / The Metropolitan Museum of Art

NEW YORK—Those who remain enchanted by the notion of chivalry and the medieval rules of knighthood will find the new exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art a source of wonder.

“The Last Knight: The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I” relies on the life of Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519) to look at the deeply rooted significance of European armor at the onset of the Renaissance.