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1610/20
- Medium
- Steel and gilding
- Classification
- Armor
- Dimensions
- H.: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- Netherlands
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- George F. Harding Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
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About this work
During its conflict with the Spanish Habsburgs during the first half of the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced a flowering of the armor’s art. Once part of a heavy cavalry armor, this helmet with rounded forms and crisp lines exemplifies the best of Dutch workmanship.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
