Armet

Unknown

ca. 1510–15 · Steel · Arms and Armor

White retaining earlier armet construction, with hinged cheekpieces closing in front of the chin, this helmet also exhibits features current in the early sixteenth century: fluted surfaces, the lower edge of the helmet embossed so as to turn on the rim of the gorget, and a small "sparrow's-beak" visor. A Moor's head stamped on the right side of the visor may be a mark of ownership, perhaps referring to the partician Tucher family of Nuremberg, rather than the personal mark of the armorer. (The right cheeckpiece is a restoration.)

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1510–15

Medium

Steel

Culture

German

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1904