Design for a Lavish Headdress with Feathers on a Helmet

Baccio del Bianco

ca. 1620–56 · Blue gouache or watercolor heightend with white · Drawings and Prints

Design for a headdress, shown from the side (person facing left). The headdress is made up out of three tiers of extremely large feathers and topped with plumes.

Artist: Baccio del Bianco
Date: ca. 1620–56
Medium: Blue gouache or watercolor heightend with white
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948

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