Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
| Title: | Close Helmet, for Use on Horseback in the Field |
| Date: | c. 1560 |
| Artist: | Wolfgang Groszschedel (German (active Greenwich, England and Landshut, Bavaria), first documented 1517/18, Landshut from 1521, died 1562) |
| Medium: | Etched and partially blackened steel, brass, leather; plate protecting the eyes replaced |
| Dimensions: | 13 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches, 10 lb. (34.3 x 34 cm, 4543g) |
| Classification: | Arms and Armor |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977 |
| Accession Number: | 1977-167-106 |
| Geography: | Made in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany, Europe |
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Gallery 348, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)
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