
Helmet all'Antica
Fashioned to resemble a head of tightly curled hair encircled by a wreath of oak leaves, this helmet evokes the appearance of an ancient hero, perhaps a Roman emperor. The reference to the oak (rovere, in Italian) may indicate that the helmet was made for a member of the della Rovere family, dukes of Urbino. The cheek-pieces are probably nineteenth-century restorations.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1904
c. 1532-35
Steel
85.0 x 20.9 x 22.7 cm
04.3.202
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