Burgonet. Culture: French. Dimensions: H. 14 5/16 (36.4 cm); W. 11 1/2 (29.2 cm); D. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 15 oz. (2237 g). Date: ca. 1610. This helmet ranks among the best examples of a type that was fashionable in France and the southern Netherlands in the early seventeenth century. It is remarkable for the excellence of its workmanship, particularly the symmetrically radiating fluting of the bowl, the precise embossed and engraved ornamentation, and the preservation of most of its gilding. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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RMPB623E–Burgonet. Culture: French. Dimensions: H. 14 in. (35.6 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); D. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); Wt. without buffe 4 lb. 3 oz. (1905 g). Date: ca. 1550. The medallions on either side of the bowl are embossed with scenes from Greek mythology depicting the Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths, a popular subject in Renaissance art. The compositions derive in part from design by Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540), one of the Italian artists called to Fontainebleau to work for the French court. Probably made for Henry II of France (reigned 1547-59), the helmet passed as a diplomatic gift to the Med

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