Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Close Helmet, for Use on Horseback in the Field

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European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Close Helmet, for Use on Horseback in the Field

Made in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

c. 1560

Wolfgang Groszschedel, German (active Greenwich, England and Landshut, Bavaria), first documented 1517/18, Landshut from 1521, died 1562

Etched and partially blackened steel, brass, leather; plate protecting the eyes replaced
13 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches, 10 lb. (34.3 x 34 cm, 4543g)

* Gallery 248, Arms and Armor, second floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

1977-167-106

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

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