id: 96109 accession number: 1916.1855 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1855 updated: 2022-07-09 09:00:24.163000 Close Helmet in Maximilian Style, c. 1520. Germany, 16th century. Steel and brass; overall: 30.5 x 21.8 x 32 cm (12 x 8 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1855 title: Close Helmet in Maximilian Style title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1520 creation date earliest: 1515 creation date latest: 1525 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Germany, 16th century technique: steel and brass department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 30.5 x 21.8 x 32 cm (12 x 8 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00 Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975). title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). title: Knights of the Trump Coat of Arms. Masterpieces of the armorial art from the armoury in Nesvizh opening date: 2023-03-23T04:00:00 Knights of the Trump Coat of Arms. Masterpieces of the armorial art from the armoury in Nesvizh. The Royal Castle in Warsaw - Museum, Warszawa, Poland (organizer) (March 23-June 4, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Prince Christopher Nikolaus Radziwill I (Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł) (1549-1616), Niasviž, Belarus date: footnotes: citations: James Drummond Collection (1816-1877), Edinburgh, Scotland date: -1877 footnotes: citations: Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -1916 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1916- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Known as the "Last Knight," Maximilian played a prominent role in this history of armor by building up the armament industry and fostering the modernization of the armorer's craft. digital description: wall description: The regular fluting of this helmet is a style known as "Maximilian," named after Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1493–1519). Besides being decorative the fluting is a strengthening device that works similar to corrugated metal. This decoration would have been costly as it was time consuming to produce and required precise work. It would have only been available to the wealthiest of clients. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 3, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (138) 141 url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n169 Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. page number: Mentioned: p. 44, B9; Reproduced: Plate IX, B9 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n60 Gilchrist, Helen Ives, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. 2nd ed., 1948. page number: Mentioned: p. 14-15 ; Reproduced: p.29 url: https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n35 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 109 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n133 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 109 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n133 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 127 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n147 Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. page number: pp. 93, 165; cat. no. 61 url: Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. page number: cat. no. 60, p. 185 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1855/1916.1855_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1855/1916.1855_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1855/1916.1855_full.tif