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Drawing 10 (bottom row, right): Helmet with wings
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Reference number
SM volume 115/161aj
Purpose
Drawing 10 (bottom row, right): Helmet with wings
Aspect
View of side
Scale
Not known
Signed and dated
- c.1515
Datable to c.1515
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink
Hand
Bernardo della Volpaia
Notes
Drawn in a group from c.1515 with similar characteristics, this burgonet has a vertical peak in the fashion of ancient helmets but doubled, a flange at the back with an outward-facing terminal scroll, a skull scrolled at the ears, and wings located just above them.
Literature
Ashby 1904, p. 73
Level
Drawing
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