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About the Artwork

Helmet

between 1510 and 1520

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German

Unknown

Steel, leather

Height: 68 in. 172.7 cm

Arms and Armor

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker

56.125.1

Public Domain

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Provenance

Armor:
until 1930, Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA [1859–1930], (Dublin, Ireland, and London, England);
August 21, 1931, by descent to his estate;
May 5, 1931, purchased at Christie's by Raymond Bartel for William Randolph Hearst, Saint Donat's Castle, (Llantwit Major, South Wales, UK);
1951, by descent to the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, UK);
1956, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Helmet:
William Randolph Hearst, Saint Donat's Castle, (Llantwit Major, South Wales, UK);
1951, by descent to the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, UK);
1956-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Catalogue of the Choice Collection of Arms and Armour formed by Sir Henry Farnham Burke, Christie, Manson & Woods. London, May 5, 1931, lot 33, pp. 6-7 (ills.).

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

Knights in Armor. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts of Houston. January 21-March 12, 1961.

The Art of the Armorer. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. December 7, 1967-April 1, 1968, cat. no. 2 (ill.).

Brenker, Fabian. "Die Anbringung von Meistermarken und Beschauzeichen innen und außen an Harnischen.” Waffen- und Kostümkunde 65, no. 2 (Autumn 2023): pp. 119-50, p. 135.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

German, Helmet, between 1510 and 1520, steel, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker, 56.125.1.

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