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Helmet

Austrian, Artist German, Artist
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About the Artwork

Helmet

ca. 1500-20

(Artist) Austrian (Artist) German

Steel, leather

Overall: 11 1/4 × 9 1/8 × 12 5/8 inches, 4.3 pounds (28.6 × 23.2 × 32.1 cm, 2 kg)

Arms and Armor

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker

56.124.1

Public Domain

Markings

etched, on point of chin: a lobed crown surmounted by a cross

Provenance

Until 1933, Private Collection (Vienna, Austria);
1933–1951, William Randolph Hearst, Saint Donat's Castle (Llantwitt Major, Wales);
From 1951, the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, England);
1956, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA).

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Published References

Beard, Charles. "Helmets at St. Donat's Castle in the Collection of William Randolph Hearst, Esq.," The Connoisseur 105 (February 1940): no. XIV, p. 132 (ill.).

Bulletin of the DIA 36, no. 3 (1956-57): p. 69 (ill.).

Pignataro, Megan Reddicks, Livingston Bailin, and Chassica Kirchhoff. “Divesting and Dismembering.” Bulletin of the DIA 97, no. 1 (2023): pp. 66–83.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Austrian; German, Helmet, ca. 1500-20, Steel, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker, 56.124.1.

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