The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Armet

Date:: ca. 1505
Culture:: Flemish
Medium:: Steel, copper alloy
Dimensions:: Weight, 9 lb. 4 oz. (4192 g)
Classification:: Helmets
Credit Line:: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
Accession Number:: 29.158.52

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 373

Description

The helmet bears traces of the armorer's mark, an M beneath a crescent, possibly that of the Flemish armorer Guillem Margot, who worked for the Hapsburg court and was active in Brussels from 1505 to 1520.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Marked with a Roman M beneath a crescent.
See also
Who
Guillem Margot (1)
What
Metal (59,548)

Costume (42,521)

Copper alloy (16,533)

Iron and iron alloy (6,911)

Copper (6,250)

Iron alloy (3,359)

Steel (3,095)

Armor (2,073)

Body armor (1,051)

Helmets (755)

Armets (45)
Where
Europe (146,011)

Flanders (1,534)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,173)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,064)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.