MAKE A MEME View Large Image German - Close Helmet of the "Maximilian" Style - Walters 51465.jpg A close helmet encloses the head as opposed to a sallet This type combines the rounded Italian shape with the crisp vertical fluting crest and corded borders that evolved ...
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Keywords: German - Close Helmet of the "Maximilian" Style - Walters 51465.jpg A close helmet encloses the head as opposed to a sallet This type combines the rounded Italian shape with the crisp vertical fluting crest and corded borders that evolved from German late-medieval armor The fluting deflected projectiles and made the plate stronger without adding weight At 5 lb 11 7 oz this piece is not heavy for a close helmet The style is associated with Emperor Maximilian I reigned 1493-1519 Archduke Albert's famous ancestor who was keenly interested in improving armor technology between 1520 1525 steel cm 31 6 23 2 33 accession number 51 465 2304 Sale American Art Association New York November 19 1921 no 307 Henry Walters Baltimore 1921 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1921 place of origin Nuremberg Germany Walters Art Museum license Armour in the Walters Art Museum Close helmets Armour of Germany Maximilian armour German art in the Walters Art Museum 16th-century helmets
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