id: 171616 accession number: 2014.393 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.393 updated: 2023-03-22 03:05:03.205000 Visored Sallet, c. 1490–1500. Germany, 16th century. Steel; overall: 21 x 25 x 42 cm (8 1/4 x 9 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2014.393 title: Visored Sallet title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1490–1500 creation date earliest: 1485 creation date latest: 1505 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Germany, 16th century technique: steel department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 21 x 25 x 42 cm (8 1/4 x 9 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Hans von Schulthess-Bodmer, Zurich (before 1930) date: footnotes: citations: Eric von Schulthess, Zurich date: -2008 footnotes: citations: Lennart Viebahn, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2008-2014 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh date: 2014- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Medieval sallets were design inspiration for modern-day fireman's helmets. digital description: The sallet is a partly open-face helmet common in Europe during the 1400s, used in both equestrian and infantry versions. Sallets with movable visors, like this example, are considered to be more technically and visually interesting; beautifully streamlined, it assumes a highly sculptural teardrop shape. Originally it would have been part of a complete suit of armor. The sallet became the quintessential helmet form of the late Middle Ages and is frequently represented in medieval miniatures and woodcuts. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2014.393/2014.393_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2014.393/2014.393_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2014.393/2014.393_full.tif