The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Tournament Sallet Made for Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia

Tournament Sallet Made for Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia

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Tournament Sallet Made for Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia

Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, 1471–1532)

Date:: ca. 1525
Culture:: German, Augsburg
Medium:: Steel, etched and gilt
Dimensions:: Weight, 9 lb. (4082 g) Height, 10 in. (25.4 cm) Width, 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Classification:: Helmets
Credit Line:: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McMillan Welch, 1929
Accession Number:: 29.153.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 374

Description

The helmet was intended for the Scharfrennen, a joust fought by two mounted contestants armed with sharp lances. The conjoined initials L and M, for Louis II of Hungary (1506–1526) and his wife, Maria of Austria, are featured prominently in the decoration. Discovered in the collection of the former imperial arsenal in Istanbul, the helmet was presumably captured by the Turks when they overran much of eastern Europe between 1526 and 1529. Louis II was killed in the battle of Mohács on August 29, 1526, while defending Hungary against the Turkish invasion.
Provenance

Ex. coll.: Arsenal of St. Irene, Constantinople; Bashford Dean, New York.
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