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Morion

Date:: late 16th century
Culture:: German, Nuremberg
Medium:: Steel, etched, silvered, and painted; gilt brass; glass
Dimensions:: Height 12 9/16 in. ( 31.9 cm) Gr. Width 8 15/16 in. ( 22.68 cm) Weight, 4 lb. 11 oz. (2126 g)
Classification:: Helmets
Credit Line:: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession Number:: 14.25.650

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 371

Description

The electors of Saxony appear to have been the only German princes in the sixteenth century to outfit their bodyguards with matching equipment. Silvered morions of this type were probably worn by the officers of the bodyguards of the prince-electors of Saxony.
Provenance

Ex coll.: Royal Armory, Dresden; Prince Peter Soltykoff, Paris
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