Tournament Sallet (Rennhut) with Buffe

c. 1570/1600

German, Saxony

This type of helmet, called a sallet, was part of a complete jousting armor. Its buffe (lower face and neck guard) would be bolted down over the breastplate to bolster the jouster against heavy blows from an opponent’s lance. The ensemble formed part of a group of locally made jousting armors that stocked the Duke of Saxony’s armory. Members of the duke’s court used them on festive occasions. Records show that they continued to be used for over three hundred years, long after most courts had abandoned the sport.

Status: On View, Gallery 239
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Title: Tournament Sallet (Rennhut) with Buffe
Place: Saxony (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1560–1610
Medium: Steel, iron, brass, and leather
Dimensions: H.: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2226
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Walter Karchieski, “Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago” (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 44 (ill.)

George F. Harding, Jr. (d. 1939), bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.

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