According to an attribution traceable only to the nineteenth century, this helmet was said to have been worn in battle by Joan of Arc (1412–1431) and to have been given by her to the church of Saint Pierre du Martroi at Orléans, where it hung over the main altar. Although the legend is probably untrue, the helmet does have what looks like damage from use in battle.
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Title:Bascinet
Date:ca. 1375–1425
Culture:possibly French
Medium:Steel
Dimensions:H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm); W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); D. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 1 oz. (2296 g)
Classification:Helmets
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1904
Object Number:04.3.241
Marking: Marked on the right cheek: a shield charged with a six-pointed star surrounded by a circle.
Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino, Paris (until 1904; sold to MMA).
Rouen, France. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. "Jeanne d'Arc et son temps: Commémoration du Vme centenaire de la réhabilitation de Jeanne d'Arc, 1456-1956," June 19–August 20, 1956, no. 191.
New York. Dick Cavett Show. "Dick Cavett Show," September 17, 1971.
de Cosson, Charles Alexander. Le Cabinet d'Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1901. p. 22, no. B. 3, pl. 6.
Museum of French Art, French Institute, Joan of Arc Statue Committee, and American Numismatic Society. Joan of Arc loan exhibition catalogue: paintings, pictures, medals, coins, statuary, books, porcelains, manuscripts, curious, etc.: in the American Numismatic Society Building... New York City, January 6th to February 8th, 1913. New York: Printed for the Museum of French Art, French Institute in the U.S. through the courtesy of the Joan of Arc Statue Committee, 1913. p. 81, no. 588.
Dean, Bashford. Notes on Arms and Armor. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916. pp. 41–42, ill.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles Alexander de Cosson, and Francis Henry Cripps-Day. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries. Vol. I. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1920. vol. I, p. 248, fig. 293.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles Alexander de Cosson, and Francis Henry Cripps-Day. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries. Vol. V. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1922. pp. 144–46, fig. 1567–68.
Nickel, Helmut. Warriors and Worthies: Arms and Armor Through the Ages. New York: Atheneum, 1969. p. 54, ill.
Nickel, Helmut. Warriors and Worthies: Arms and Armor Through the Ages. New York: Atheneum, 1969. p. 54, ill.
Signature probably refers to Jean Drouart (French, Paris, died before October 1715)
dated 1712
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