Armet
White retaining earlier armet construction, with hinged cheekpieces closing in front of the chin, this helmet also exhibits features current in the early sixteenth century: fluted surfaces, the lower edge of the helmet embossed so as to turn on the rim of the gorget, and a small "sparrow's-beak" visor. A Moor's head stamped on the right side of the visor may be a mark of ownership, perhaps referring to the partician Tucher family of Nuremberg, rather than the personal mark of the armorer. (The right cheeckpiece is a restoration.)
Artwork Details
- Title: Armet
- Date: ca. 1510–15
- Culture: German
- Medium: Steel
- Dimensions: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); D. 12 in. (30.5 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 3 oz. (2799 g)
- Classification: Helmets
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1904
- Object Number: 04.3.242
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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Stamped with the armorer's name, LIONARDO (Italian, probably active in Milan, ca. 1440)
ca. 1440
ca. 1510
ca. 1500
ca. 1550
Filippo Negroli (Italian, Milan ca. 1510–1579)
dated 1543
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