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Title:Close-Helmet in the style of the 16th century
Date:ca. 1875
Geography:Paris
Culture:France, Paris
Medium:Steel, gold, copper alloy
Dimensions:H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); D. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 10.2 oz. (2103.5 g)
Classification:Helmets
Credit Line:Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Object Number:14.25.716a
William H. Riggs, Paris (until 1913; his gift to MMA).
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San Antonio, Tex. Witte Museum of the San Antonio Museum Association. "The Art of Chivalry: European Arms and Armor from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 13, 1982–February 5, 1983, no. 9.
Minneapolis, Minn. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "The Art of Chivalry: European Arms and Armor from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 24–July 31, 1983, no. 9.
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Blair, Claude. "The Emperor Maximilian's Gift of Armour to King Henry VIII and the Silvered and Engraved Armour at the Tower of London." Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 99 p. 225, pl. LXX, fig. 1.
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Nickel, Helmut. "Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (Summer 1991), pp. 17, 64, ill.
Bridgeman, Jane, and Karen Watts. "Armour, Weapons and Dress in Four Paintings by Dosso Dossi." Apollo (February 2000), p. 26, fig. 4, n. 25.
Troso, Mario. Italia! Italia! 1526–1530: La Prima Guerra D'indipendenza Italiana: Con Gli Assedi Di Milano, Napoli, Firenze, Il Sacco Di Roma E Le Battaglie Di Capo D'orso E Gavinana. Parma: E. Albertelli, 2001. pp. 192–93, pl. T23.
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