Closed Burgonet

Kolman Helmschmid

ca. 1525–30 · Steel, leather · Arms and Armor

This helmet combines features common to burgonets, notably the projecting peak and falling buffe, with close-helmet construction, in which all elements of the face defense pivot together at the sides of the bowl. Closed burgonets in the fluted style are particularly rare. This finely made example is etched in the manner of Daniel Hopfer (1471–1536) of Augsburg and may have been made by Kolman Helmschmid, the leading armorer of his generation, with whom Hopfer seems to have been associated.

Artist

Kolman Helmschmid

Date

ca. 1525–30

Medium

Steel, leather

Culture

German, Augsburg

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of George D. Pratt, 1927