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.)
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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
Accession Number:04.3.242
Marking: Stamped on the right side of the visor: A Moor's head (possibly a mark of ownership, referring to the Tucher family of Nuremberg).
Raoul Richards, Rome (by 1886–90; Riche collection d’armes antiques, du moyen âge, de la Renaissance, et des temps modernes…appartenant à M. le Chev. Raoul Richards, Giacomini et Capobianchi, Rome, February 27–28, 1890, no. 1028 “Belle armure allemande,” sold for 2950 lire, to Brauer; [Brauer, 1890]; [Bachereau, Paris, after 1890–before 1901]; Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Dino, Paris (by 1901–04).
Los Angeles. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Loan Exhibition of Mediaeval and Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 15–March 18, 1953, no. 24.
San Francisco. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "Loan Exhibition of Mediaeval and Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 18–June 7, 1953.
Pittsburgh. Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute. "Loan Exhibition of Mediaeval and Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 1953–April 1954, no. 24.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "European Helmets 1450–1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection," January 25, 2000–December 30, 2001, no. 23.
Giacomini & Capobianchi. La Riche Collection D'armes Antiques, Du Moyen Âge, De La Renaissance Et Des Temps Modernes. Rome, March 3–29, 1890. pp. ix, 120, lot 1028, pl. XXV.
Cosson, Charles Alexander. Le Cabinet d'Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1901. p. 30, no. B. 23, pl. 8.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles A. de Cosson, and Francis Henry Cripps-Day. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries. Vol. IV. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920–1922. p. 95, fig. 1176.
Grancsay, Stephen V. Loan Exhibition of Mediaeval and Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1953. p. 14, no. 24.
Thomas, Bruno, and Ortwin Gamber. Katalog der Leibrüstkammer, I. Teil, Der Zeitraum von 500 bis 1530. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1976. pp. 232–233.
Alte Waffen. Munich: Graf Klenau, October 6, 1979. p. 21, no. 24, ill.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles Alexander Cosson, Francis Henry Cripps-Day, and Claude Blair. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries. Vol. 4. Cambridge: Ken Trotman Ltd., 2000. p. 95, fig. 1176.
Pyhrr, Stuart W. European Helmets, 1450–1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jan 25, 2000 - Dec 30, 2000. pp. 18, 47, no. 23, ill.
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