Stamped with the armorer's marks BC beneath a crown and BC beneath a split cross, this barbute is attributed to Bernardino da Carnago, who was active in Milan and Naples. It is also stamped on the right cheek with the lion of Saint Mark, which signified ownership by the Republic of Venice.
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Title:Barbute
Armorer:Bernardino da Carnago (Italian, active in Milan and Naples, ca. 1475)
Date:ca. 1475
Geography:Milan
Culture:Italian, Milan
Medium:Steel
Dimensions:H. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm); W. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm); D. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 8 oz. (2948 g)
Classification:Helmets
Credit Line:Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
Object Number:42.50.14
Marking: Stamped on the right cheek near the back: BC beneath a crown and BC beneath a split cross;
On the lower right cheek: the lion of Saint Mark (stamp of the Republic of Venice).
Clarence H. Mackay, Roslyn, NY (until d. 1938; his estate, sold through Seligmann & Co. to Grancsay); Stephen V. Grancsay, New York (by January 14, 1941–42; his gift to MMA).
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "The Triumph of Humanism: A Visual Survey of the Decorative Arts of the Renaissance," October 22, 1977–January 8, 1978, no. 105.
Christie, Manson & Woods. Catalogue of The Collection of Arms and Armour and Objects of Art Formed by Sir Guy Francis Laking, Bart. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, April 19–22, 1920. cat. no. 33, (sallet and mark ill.).
Laking, Guy Francis, and Charles Alexander Cosson. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries, edited by Francis Henry Cripps-Day. Vol. II. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920. p. 7, ill. frontispiece.
Grancsay, Stephen V. Loan Exhibition of European Arms and Armor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, August 3 to September 27, 1931. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1931. p. 20, no. 56.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Stephen V. Grancsay, and Carl Otto von Kienbusch. The Bashford Dean Collection of Arms and Armor in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Portland, ME: Southworth Press for the Armor and Arms Club of New York City, 1933. pl. I, second set of marks opposite 3 (for marks similar to those on our sallet).
Grancsay, Stephen V. "The New Galleries of European Arms and Armor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin (May 1956), pp. 207, 216 (left ill.).
Grancsay, Stephen V., D. Graeme Keith, and Dr. Charles Avery. The Triumph of Humanism: A Visual Survey of the Decorative Arts of the Renaissance. San Francisco: Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1977. no. 105, pp. 45, 86, fig. 61, ill.
Boccia, Lionello G. Le Armature di S. Maria delle Grazie di Curtatone di Mantova e l'Armatura Lombarda del'400. Busto Arsizio: Bramante Editrice, 1982. pp. 286-287, marks nos. 73 and 74, cited on p. 287.
Grancsay, Stephen V., and Stuart W. Pyhrr. Arms & Armor: Essays by Stephen V. Grancsay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 1920–1964. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. pp. 421–439; fig. 107.8.
Pyhrr, Stuart W. "S. J. Whawell and the Art Market." The Eleventh Park Lane Arms Fair: Sunday 6th February 1994: the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London W1: 10.30 AM–6.00 PM pp. 17, 19, fig. 6.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles Alexander Cosson, Francis Henry Cripps-Day, and Claude Blair. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries. Vol. II. Cambridge: Ken Trotman Ltd., 2000. p. 7, ill. frontispiece.
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