id: 170185 accession number: 2012.38.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.38.a updated: 2023-03-22 03:04:54.199000 Field Armor in Maximilian Style: Helmet, c. 1510–15. Germany, Augsburg(?), early 16th century. Fluted steel with leather straps; overall: 170.2 cm (67 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2012.38.a title: Field Armor in Maximilian Style: Helmet title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1510–15 creation date earliest: 1505 creation date latest: 1520 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, Augsburg(?), early 16th century technique: fluted steel with leather straps department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 170.2 cm (67 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE William Randolph Hearst; Sotheby's London (June 9, 1961), lot 153; David Norton Yerkes, Washington, D.C.; to his daughter, Catharine Y. Kulski [by inheritance] date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This armor was made to mimic the trend of pleated clothing that was popular at the time. digital description: wall description: Most of the elements of this armor were made together, forming a single suit. The lower legs contain some modern restorations. The helmet is believed to be the work of the esteemed Augsburg armorer, Lorenz Helmschmied, who was active at the Hapsburg, Mantua, and Urbino courts between 1467 and his death in 1515. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 282-283 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.38.a/2012.38.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.38.a/2012.38.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.38.a/2012.38.a_full.tif