The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Visored Sallet

Visored Sallet

c. 1490–1500
steel
Overall: 21 x 25 x 42 cm (8 1/4 x 9 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2014.393
Location: 210A Armor Court

Did You Know?

Medieval sallets were design inspiration for modern-day fireman's helmets.

Description

The sallet is a partly open-face helmet common in Europe during the 1400s, used in both equestrian and infantry versions. Sallets with movable visors, like this example, are considered to be more technically and visually interesting; beautifully streamlined, it assumes a highly sculptural teardrop shape. Originally it would have been part of a complete suit of armor. The sallet became the quintessential helmet form of the late Middle Ages and is frequently represented in medieval miniatures and woodcuts.
  • Hans von Schulthess-Bodmer, Zurich (before 1930)
    -2008
    Eric von Schulthess, Zurich
    2008-2014
    Lennart Viebahn, Germany, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2014-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
  • {{cite web|title=Visored Sallet|url=false|author=|year=c. 1490–1500|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2014.393