Close Helmet for a Boy ca. 1530–40 Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid German Male children of aristocratic families were traditionally trained in the arts of horsemanship and fencing and began wearing armor at an early age. This finely wrought helmet, the openwork visor of which is clearly not intended for dangerous sport, was made for a boy. The distinctive one-piece visor, with its curved profile and etched ornament in the style of Daniel Hopfer, recalls late works by Kolman Helmschmid of Close Helmet for a Boy. German, Augsburg. ca. 1530–40. Steel, leather, copper alloy. Augsburg. H
Close Helmet for a Boy ca. 1530–40 Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid German Male children of aristocratic families were traditionally trained in the arts of horsemanship and fencing and began wearing armor at an early age. This finely wrought helmet, the openwork visor of which is clearly not intended for dangerous sport, was made for a boy. The distinctive one-piece visor, with its curved profile and etched ornament in the style of Daniel Hopfer, recalls late works by Kolman Helmschmid of Close Helmet for a Boy. German, Augsburg. ca. 1530–40. Steel, leather, copper alloy. Augsburg. Helmets
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