Reinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe)

Armorer Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder German
 Armorer Mattheus Frauenpreis the Younger German
 Etcher Jörg Sorg the Younger German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 374

This exquisitely decorated plate fit as a reinforce over the bowl of a helmet for the tournament on foot. It belongs to an armor made for Maximilian II (1527–1576, emperor from 1564) upon his election as king of Bohemia in 1549. The major elements of the armor, a garniture for field and tournament use, are in the former imperial armory in Vienna.

Reinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe), Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder (German, Augsburg, recorded 1510–49), Steel, gold, German, Augsburg

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Reinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe), Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder (German, Augsburg, recorded 1510–49), Steel, gold, German, Augsburg
Reinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe), Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder (German, Augsburg, recorded 1510–49), Steel, gold, German, Augsburg
Reinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe), Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder (German, Augsburg, recorded 1510–49), Steel, gold, German, Augsburg
Reinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe), Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder (German, Augsburg, recorded 1510–49), Steel, gold, German, Augsburg
Reinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe), Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder (German, Augsburg, recorded 1510–49), Steel, gold, German, Augsburg
Reinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe), Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder (German, Augsburg, recorded 1510–49), Steel, gold, German, Augsburg

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