Close Helmet

Wolfgang Grosschedel

ca. 1560 · Steel, leather, copper alloy · Arms and Armor

Grosschedel, Landshut’s most renowned armorer of the mid-sixteenth century, fulfilled many commissions for both the German and the Spanish branches of the Hapsburg family. The decoration of this helmet is very similar to that of a large garniture made by Grosschedel for King Philip II of Spain (1513–1579) about 1560. It also resembles the decoration on a large series of armors that Grosschedel and others made for Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564) and his son, Maximilian II (1527–1576, Emperor from 1564) for use in a large tournament held in Vienna in 1560. It is not known to which commission the helmet originally belonged.

Artist

Wolfgang Grosschedel

Date

ca. 1560

Medium

Steel, leather, copper alloy

Culture

German, Landshut

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1904