Armet
Medium
Steel, gold
Dimensions
Wt. 8 lb. 8 oz. (3849 g)
Classification
Armor for Man
Culture
German, Augsburg
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Marshall Field, 1938
Accession Number
38.143a
Tags
Women
About the Artist
Kolman Helmschmid|Desiderius Helmschmid · 1471–1532
**Kolman Helmschmid: Master Armourer of the Renaissance** Kolman Helmschmid (1471–1532), born in Augsburg, Germany, emerged from one of Europe's most illustrious families of armourers, the Helmschmieds, whose name aptly means "helmet smith." The son of the renowned Lorenz Helmschmied (active 1467–1515), Kolman trained within the family workshop, taking control after his father's death in 1515 and...