Subject: condottiere 'contractor' mercenary captain
Culture: Milanese / Lombard, other Italian
Setting: Italy 15thc
Object: armor > helmets > armet
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Armet
Steel
Italian (Milan),
about 1460
The armet is stamped with the marks of the Missaglia workshop, the leading Milanese armorers in the fifteenth century. The visor is lacking."
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Armet
Steel
Italian (probably Milan),
about 1450-60"
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Armet
Steel
Italian, about 1430-40
In Italy between about 1440 and 1510, the armet served as the standard knightly head defense for cavalry use. This rare, early example is distinguished by the flanges that protect the hinges of the cheekpieces and by the staple at the front of the face opening, to which a visor was secured."
