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Source Description
Shown here together is a <em>burgonet</em>, <em>buffe</em>, and breastplate all decorated with a technique known as etching. A burgonet is a light open helmet characterized by a peak, a fall over the eyes, and hinged earpieces. The face is protected by the addition of a buffe, a sperate detachable element worn with the open helmet that extends to the throat. It connects to the breastplate which protects the abdomen and is worn with a backplate.
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Document identity
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96209
label
Buffe (etched with bands of trophies)
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object
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Source metadata
id
96209
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object
title
Buffe (etched with bands of trophies)
description
Shown here together is a <em>burgonet</em>, <em>buffe</em>, and breastplate all decorated with a technique known as etching. A burgonet is a light open helmet characterized by a peak, a fall over the eyes, and hinged earpieces. The face is protected by the addition of a buffe, a sperate detachable element worn with the open helmet that extends to the throat. It connects to the breastplate which protects the abdomen and is worn with a backplate.
date
c. 1550–1600
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60746974
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 25.5 x 17.5 x 13.8 cm (10 1/16 x 6 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
cul
North Italy, 16th century
accession
1916.193
Source extras
tec
etched steel
tombstone
Buffe (etched with bands of trophies), c. 1550–1600. North Italy, 16th century. Etched steel; overall: 25.5 x 17.5 x 13.8 cm (10 1/16 x 6 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1930
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
relatedWorks
id
95932
description
Burgonet, c. 1550–1600. North Italy, 16th century. Steel, etched; overall: 31.5 x 35.4 x 21.3 cm (12 3/8 x 13 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1653
id
95933
description
Breastplate with Etched Bands of Trophies and Medallions, c. 1550–1600. North Italy, 16th century. Etched steel; overall: 46 x 34.7 x 15.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1654
didYouKnow
Etching is a technique where either the design or its ground is bitten into the metal surface with acid, the rest being protected by a protective wax or varnish.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
page_number
Mentioned: No. (150) 153; Reproduced with: No: (157) 160
citation
"Front Matter." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 5 (1918).
page_number
Reproduced: Front Matter
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 57, B44
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
pp.79, 164; cat. no. 37
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
cat. no. 9, p. 183
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:10:52.016000
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96209
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
med
etched steel
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