Retronaut » OBJECTS http://www.retronaut.co The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:01:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 German Helmets, 1500s http://www.retronaut.co/2012/02/german-helmets-1500s/ http://www.retronaut.co/2012/02/german-helmets-1500s/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:01:10 +0000 Chris http://www.retronaut.co/?p=41339

c. 1500

c. 1520

c. 1530

c. 1530 II

c. 1545

c. 1550-1560

c. 1550

c. 1550 II

c. 1555

c. 1560

c. 1560 II

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c. 1590

c. 1590 II

All images (c) The Wallace Collection

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Thank you to The Wallace Collection

This capsule was curated by Thomas Jones

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‘Each bead represents the bust of a burgher or maiden on one side, and a skeleton on the other. The terminals show the head of a deceased man, with half the image eaten away from decay.’

- Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Thank you to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Thank you to Chris Mullen

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