Does anyone know what this article of clothing from Bruegel the Elder's 'Triumph of Death' is called?

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Pieter Breugel the elder is definitely 16th century. In German these are known as a rock or coat. The landsknecht folks largely refer to them as waffenrock, i.e. "military coat". The same word is used to describe surcoats in the 13th century, and modern military suit-coats.

Thanks Mart,

I must have fat-fingered '5' instead of '6'. A google of 'waffenrock' pulls up the garment.

Construction-wise, this is still very similar to the 15th-century coat shown in this guide: http://www.companie-of-st-george.ch/cms/?q=en...e_Download

Well, except for the overlapped/double-breasted front, and the underpinnings would have been different (especially where the doublet ends and the hose starts). But if you know late 15th-century coats you can make this one.