Collection Online as of December 1, 2023
c. 1580–90
Etched russet steel with traces of gilding; roped brim, brass plume holder
Overall: 35.4 x 23.7 x 26.7 cm (13 15/16 x 9 5/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1085
210A Armor Court
Originally this helmet was topped with a feathered plume. The Swiss Guard, a regiment of soldiers that has guarded the Vatican since the 16th century, wear similar looking peaked morions today, though theirs are adorned with voluminous ostrich feather plumes.
The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"
Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).