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Close Helmet for the Tourney

Designer Ornament copied from a design by Daniel Hopfer German
dated 1552
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 371
The ornament on the comb is copied from a design by the Augsburg printmaker and armor etcher Daniel Hopfer (ca. 1470–1536), whose published prints were very influential in the development of a recognizably Augsburg style of armor decoration, which was emulated in Innsbruck and elsewhere in Austria and South Germany.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Close Helmet for the Tourney
  • Designer: Ornament copied from a design by Daniel Hopfer (German, Kaufbeuren 1471–1536 Augsburg)
  • Date: dated 1552
  • Geography: Innsbruck
  • Culture: Austrian, Innsbruck
  • Medium: Steel, leather, brass
  • Dimensions: H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); D. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 3 oz. (2797 g)
  • Classification: Helmets
  • Credit Line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.156.47
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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