Helmet and Gorget

Unknown Artist

ca. 1525–75

Helmet and Gorget by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steel, leather, copper alloy

Dimensions

Helmet (14.25.679a): Wt. 4 lb. 3 oz. (1899.4 g); gorget (27.183.59): H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); W. 11 in. (27.9 cm)

Classification

Armor Parts

Culture

German

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Helmet (14.25.679a): Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913; gorget (27.183.59): Gift of Prince Albrecht Radziwill, 1927

Accession Number

14.25.679a; 27.183.59

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