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Close Helmet (from a Small Garniture, perhaps for Siegmund Friedrich, Freiherr von Herbertstein [d.1621])

c. 1580

Germany, Augsburg (?), 16th century

Medium
steel, etched and gilded, brass rivets
Support
Etched
Measurements
Overall: 40 x 35.5 x 23 cm (15 3/4 x 14 x 9 1/16 in.)
Weight: 4.45 kg (9.81 lbs.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1531
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Location
210A Armor Court
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Description

This helmet appears to belong to a garniture for man and horse of which other elements survive in the Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The associated visor has been removed to better show the beautiful etched and gilded strapwork decoration.

Close Helmet (from a Small Garniture, perhaps for Siegmund Friedrich, Freiherr von Herbertstein [d.1621])

c. 1580

Germany, Augsburg (?), 16th century

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