Field Armor in Maximilian Style: Helmet (c. 1510–15): Art, History and Details

Field Armor in Maximilian Style: Helmet (c. 1510–15) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Most of the elements of this armor were made together, forming a single suit. The lower legs contain some modern restorations. The helmet is believed to be the work of the esteemed Augsburg armorer, Lorenz Helmschmied, who was active at the Hapsburg, Mantua, and Urbino courts between 1467 and his death in 1515.

Object facts

• Title: Field Armor in Maximilian Style: Helmet
• Date: c. 1510–15
• Culture: Germany, possibly Augsburg
• Type: Arms and Armor
• Technique: fluted steel with leather straps
• Dimensions: Overall: 170.2 cm (67 in.)
• Collection: MED - Arms & Armor
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 2012.38.a

A detail from the museum

This armor was made to mimic the trend of pleated clothing that was popular at the time.

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.

View the collection record

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