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Armet

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Armet

Date:: ca. 1460
Culture:: Italian, Milan
Medium:: Steel
Dimensions:: Weight, 6 lb. 1 oz. (2749 g)
Classification:: Helmets
Credit Line:: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
Accession Number:: 29.158.22

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 373

Description

The armet is stamped with the marks of the Missaglia workshop, the leading Milanese armorers in the fifteenth century. Originally, it would have been fitted with a visor.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: The marks MY beneath a crown, and M beneath a split cross without bifurcated ends, signify the Missaglia workshop in Milan while under the direction of Antonio, after the death of Tommaso in 1452.
Provenance

Chalcis, Greece
See also
What
Metal (59,364)

Costume (41,678)

Iron and iron alloy (6,952)

Iron alloy (3,389)

Steel (3,119)

Armor (2,071)

Body armor (1,057)

Helmets (756)

Armets (44)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Italy (20,983)

Lombardy (316)

Milan (223)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,084)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.

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