Barbute

Pietro da Castello

ca. 1470–80 · Steel · Arms and Armor

Most Italian barbutes have a T-shaped face opening. The rounded eye openings and pointed nasal of this helmet are very unusual. It is stamped with two marks, a castle and the letter P beneath a split cross, identified as the armorer Pietro da Castello (documented in Brescia from 1469 to 1486, died before 1498).

Artist

Pietro da Castello

Date

ca. 1470–80

Medium

Steel

Culture

Italian, Brescia

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913