Burgonet

Unknown

ca. 1560 · Steel, gold · Arms and Armor

The etched and gilt ornament, consisting of elegantly drawn foliate scrolls on a background of circles, matches that on the contemporary field armor of Cornelio Bentivoglio (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna), a soldier in the service of the dukes of Ferrara. Both presumably were made iin the same workshop, one that appears to have specialized in fabricating arms for the Ferrarese court. Similar etching can be seen on other helmets in the Metropolitan Museum's collection, acc. nos. 29.152.2 and 37.189.13.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1560

Medium

Steel, gold

Culture

Italian, probably Milan

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1904