Design for an Armor with Tournament Headdress

Baccio del Bianco

ca. 1620–56 · Black ink and gray washes · Drawings and Prints

View in three-quarters of a design for an armor (facing the right). The armor itself is relatively simple, but the helmet has been decorated with an elaborate headdress, shaped like a lizard with a very lavish tail made up out of feathers and plumes.

Artist

Baccio del Bianco

Date

ca. 1620–56

Medium

Black ink and gray washes

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948