Detail View: The AMICA Library: Close Helmet from a Small Garniture, perhaps for Siegmund Friedrich, Freiherr von Herbertstein
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1916.1531
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Northern European; German
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Germany, Augsburg (?), c. 1580
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Germany, Augsburg (?), c. 1580
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Title:
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Close Helmet from a Small Garniture, perhaps for Siegmund Friedrich, Freiherr von Herbertstein
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1580
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Creation Start Date:
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1575
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Creation End Date:
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1585
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Materials and Techniques:
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steel, etched and gilded, brass rivets
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Classification Term:
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Armor
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Classification Term:
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Arms
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Classification Term:
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Arms
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 40cm x 35.5cm x 23cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1916.1531
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Zschille; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #142.
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Context:
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This helmet appears to belong to a garniture for man and horse of which other elements survive in the Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The associated visor has been removed to better show the beautifuletched and gilded strapwork decoration.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1916.1531.tif
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