The Master of Imperial Steel: The Legacy of Konrad Seusenhofer In the glittering, high-stakes theater of the early sixteenth-century Habsburg court, where power was projected through both diplomacy and dazzling display, few craftsmen commanded as much reverence as Konrad Seusenhofer. A master armourer hailing from the industrious workshops of Innsbruck, Tirol, Seusen and his lineage represented the pinnacle of Austrian metallurgical artistry. To look upon a piece by Seusenhofer was not merely to witness a defensive tool of war, but to behold a sculptural triumph that blended the rugged neces…