Design for an Armor with Tournament Headdress

Baccio del Bianco

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

Side view of a design for an armor helmet with an open visor (facing the left). The design of the helmet itself is relatively simple, but it has been decorated with an elaborate headdress made up out of the upper body of a female figure springing forth from a wreath of feathers. The woman herself is also lavishly adorned with feathers.

Artist

Baccio del Bianco

Date

ca. 1620–56

Medium

Black ink

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948