Sujet
Closed Sallet with Grotesque Face (Schembart visor), c. 1500. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Closed Sallet with Grotesque Face (Schembart visor), c. 1500. A small number of similar painted helmets survive today. All appear to date to the early 1500s. The visors of these helmets are usually in the form of fiercely grimacing human or animal faces, known as Schembart visors after the masked revelers in the Schembartlaufen, the medieval Shrovetide parades. The city of Nuremberg was particularly famous for its Shrovetide parades that were often held in conjunction with a tournament in which the younger members of the city's patrician families, presumably sporting such helmets, participated.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F75_487
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
8,4Mo (848,0Ko) / 13,0cm x 16,3cm / 1536 x 1921 (300dpi)