About the Artwork
Helmet
between 1510 and 1520
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German
German
Steel, leather
Height: 68 in. 172.7 cm
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker
56.125.1
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Armor: until 1930, Sir Henry Farnham Burke, KCVO, CB, FSA [1859–1930], (Dublin, Ireland, and London, England)
August 21, 1931, by descent to his estate
May 5, 1931, purchased at Christie's by Raymond Bartel for William Randolph Hearst, Saint Donat's Castle, (Llantwit Major, South Wales, UK)
1951, by descent to the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, UK)
1956, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA) Helmet: William Randolph Hearst, Saint Donat's Castle, (Llantwit Major, South Wales, UK)
1951, by descent to the National Magazine Company, Ltd. (London, UK)
1956-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Catalogue of the Choice Collection of Arms and Armour formed by Sir Henry Farnham Burke, Christie, Manson & Woods. London, May 5, 1931, lot 33, pp. 6-7 (ills.).
Bulletin of the DIA 36, no. 3 (1956-57): p. 69 (ill.).
Knights in Armor. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts of Houston. January 21-March 12, 1961.
The Art of the Armorer. Exh. cat., Flint Institute of Arts. December 7, 1967-April 1, 1968, cat. no. 2 (ill.).
Brenker, Fabian. "Die Anbringung von Meistermarken und Beschauzeichen innen und außen an Harnischen.” Waffen- und Kostümkunde 65, no. 2 (Autumn 2023): pp. 119-50, p. 135.
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German, Helmet, between 1510 and 1520, steel, leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Welker, 56.125.1.
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