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Close Helmet of Claude Gouffier

Date:
ca. 1555–60
Culture:
French
Medium:
Steel, etched and gilt
Dimensions:
Weight, 6 lb. 5 oz. (2863 g) Height, 15 3/4 in. (40.01 cm) Width, 8 1/4 in. (20.96 cm) Length, 14 1/2 in. (36.83 cm)
Classification:
Helmets
Credit Line:
Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession Number:
14.25.596

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 374

  • Description

    This is an excellent example of a French heavy cavalry helmet of the mid-sixteenth century. Its elaborate decoration includes the monogram of Claude Gouffier (1501–1570), Master of the Horse (Grand Écuyer) for Henry II and Charles IX. This monogram is also on a knee piece from the armor of Gouffier's in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 1994.390).

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Inscribed around the ocularium and gorget: SPES MEA DAT VIRES NON TIMEBO QUONIAM (because hope gives me strength I do not fear).

  • Provenance

    Ex. coll.: Le Sueur (Paris, 1840, Lot 1250); Sommesson (Paris, 1848, Lot 216); anonymous (Paris, April 14–15, 1864, Lot 111); Basilewsky (Paris, 1869. The helmet does not seem to be included in sale catalogue); William H. Riggs.

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