Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney

Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg

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The style and design of the etched ornament are typically Brescian, though the confinment of the trophies to multiple narrow bands is highly unusual. The presence of a threded hle on the right side of the upper bevor indicates that this helmet was fitted with a reinforce, presumably for use in the tourney. The three front collar lames are associated; their decoration indicates that they belong to a large armor garniture in the Real Armería, Madrid, made in 1544 by Desiderius Helmschmid and etched by Ulrich Holzmann, both of Augsburg, for Emperor Charles V.

Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney, Steel, gold, copper alloy, Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg

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Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney, Steel, gold, copper alloy, Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg
Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney, Steel, gold, copper alloy, Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg
Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney, Steel, gold, copper alloy, Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg
Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney, Steel, gold, copper alloy, Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg
Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney, Steel, gold, copper alloy, Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg
Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney, Steel, gold, copper alloy, Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg
Close-Helmet for the Field and Tourney, Steel, gold, copper alloy, Italian, probably Brescia; front collar lames, German, Augsburg

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