Sallet

ca. 1450 (Renaissance)

67.8 cm 169 cm 53 cm

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An open helmet, such as the sallet (from the Italian "celata," "head covering"), which does not encase the head or fasten to the armor, is cooler and allows the wearer to turn his head easily. However, the weight--here 6 lb. 3 oz.--is not distributed onto the shoulders but is...

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Sale, American Art Association, New York, November 19, 1921, no. 316; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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