id:			96053
accession number:	1916.1787
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1787
updated:		2023-08-23 18:10:03.390000

Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?), c.1590–1625. Holland (?), late 16th-early 17th Century. Gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holder; overall: 33 x 34 x 21.3 cm (13 x 13 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1787

title:				Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?)
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series:				
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creation date:			c.1590–1625
creation date earliest:		1590
creation date latest:		1625
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Holland (?), late 16th-early 17th Century
technique:	gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holder
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 33 x 34 x 21.3 cm (13 x 13 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber, Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
This helmet was decorated with a technique known as fire-gilding, an incredibly toxic process involving mercury that produced a gold finish, now worn away.

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wall description:
This helmet was originally intended for field use. Later, it seems to have served a funerary purpose, probably as an ornament (known as a funerary achievement) suspended over the church tomb of an unidentified knight. As such, it would have been a rich and imposing symbol of the dead knight's social rank and personal authority.
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		96067
	Gorget (from a funerary achievement?), c.1590–1625. Netherlands(?), late 16th-early 17th Century. Gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holder; overall: 32.4 x 24.8 x 19.1 cm (12 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1806
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CITATIONS

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 49, B21
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n71

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 84, 165; cat. no. 57
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 100, 185, cat no. 64
	url:		

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1787/1916.1787_full.tif