About This Artwork

German, Innsbruck

Jousting Helm (Stechhelm), c. 1490

Steel, brass, iron
H. 44.6 cm (17 1/2 in.)
Weight: 22 lb. 2 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2224

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 40 (ill.)