Barbute ca.1460 Italien, Milan le terme anglais barbut (de l'italien, barbuta) dénote une forme de casque sans visibilité caractéristique avec ouverture étroite en T ou en y portée presque exclusivement en Italie au troisième quart du XVe siècle.Ce barbut est forgé à partir d'une seule plaque d'acier, son crâne hémisphérique se levant à un peigne pointu en haut et descendant sur les côtés et le dos presque jusqu'au sommet des épaules;l'arrière du casque a un profil élégant qui se courbe vers l'intérieur pour suivre la nuque, puis tourne vers l'extérieur pour former une queue courte.Le fa
4000 x 3657 px | 33,9 x 31 cm | 13,3 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
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20 janvier 2022
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Barbute ca. 1460 Italian, Milan The english term barbut (from the italian, barbuta) denotes a characteristically tall form of visorless helmet with narrow T- or Y-shaped face opening that was worn almost exclusively in Italy in the third quarter of the fifteenth century. This barbut is forged from a single plate of steel, its hemispherical skull rising to a sharp comb at the top and descending at the sides and back almost to the tops of the shoulders; the back of the helmet has an elegant profile that curves inward to follow the nape of the neck, then turns outward to form a short tail. The face opening is T-shaped and is reinfored by an applied band of iron held by decorative rosette rivets. The series of rivets encicling the middle of the bowl formerly secured a strap on the inside, to which was sewn a padded lining; below this, on either side, is a pair of rivets to secure the chin straps, now also lost.This elegantly proportioned and gracefully shaped barbut demonstrates the virtuoso talent of the armorer. It should be kept in mind that the armorer forged the barbut from a single plate of steel, hammering the metal into shape while maintaining the protective thickness of the plate and smooth rounded glancing surfaces. Its beauty is thus integral with its protective function. Like most helmets of the fifteenth century, it was originally polished mirror bright, though a number of paintings and other works of art––such as the "birthplate" of Lorenzo de' Medici (now in the New-York Historical Society, The Bryan Collection) or the intarsia panels from Federigo da Montefeltro's study from Gubbio (acc. no. 39.153)––show barbuts covered with fabric, mounted at the edges with decorative borders, and surmounted by heraldic crests. Helmets decorated in this manner (see for example, acc. no. 29.158.15) are referred to in documents as alla Veneziana (in the Venetian manner) to denote the preference in Venice for collorfully decorated helmets such as these. This barbu
