id:			104705
accession number:	1923.1063.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1063.a
updated:		2023-01-25 03:54:56.474000

Pikeman's Helmet, c. 1620–30. Netherlands, Dutch or Flemish, 17th century. Steel with brass rivets and black paint; overall: 38.5 x 26 x 23.5 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1923.1063.a

title:				Pikeman's Helmet
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creation date:			c. 1620–30
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1635
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Netherlands, Dutch or Flemish, 17th century
technique:	steel with brass rivets and black paint
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 38.5 x 26 x 23.5 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 x 9 1/4 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

	Bashford Dean, New York; [The American Art Galleries, New York, sale 23-24 November 1923, lots 227c, 227i].
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Pikemen formed the backbone of infantry tactics through the end of the English Civil Wars (1642–51). Since muskets alone were ineffective against cavalry charges, companies of pikemen, armed with pikes, or spears, of 12 to 16 feet in length, were deployed in defensive formations to protect the musketeers, who wore no armor. A pikeman was usually equipped with a breastplate and backplate, hinged tassets reaching to mid-thigh, and sometimes a gorget, or neck piece, worn over a heavy buffcoat. High boots replaced leg armor. A brimmed, high-combed helmet known as a "pot" protected the head. Pikeman's armor withstood hard service. It was colored and treated (though the black paint seen here is modern) to control rusting and to add decorative interest.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives, and Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. 2nd ed., 1948.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 16; Reproduced: p. 27
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n33

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