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Close-Helmet for the Field

ca. 1560–70
Not on view
In the 1560s it became fashionable in Italy to cover an armor with multiple narrow bands of foliate ornament, a practice carried to the extreme in this example. The presence of a large reinforcing brow plate on a close-helmet of this date is highly unusual, but it is found on similarly decorated armors made for the court of Ferrara. (The front collar lames are missing.)

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Close-Helmet for the Field
  • Date: ca. 1560–70
  • Culture: Italian
  • Medium: Steel, gold
  • Dimensions: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); W. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); D. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm); Wt. 9 lb. 15 oz. (4515 g)
  • Classification: Helmets
  • Credit Line: Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1937
  • Object Number: 37.189.13
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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