Caption

Helmet of Nikola Zrinski Miklos Zrínyi, drawing on paper glued to a support together with another sheet, upper edge glued onto larger brown cardboard; drawing: height 9.8 cm, width 6.8 cm; support: height 17.2 cm, width 10.3 cm; cardboard: height 35.2 cm, width 24.6 cm; subject: helmet, militaria, knights' armor; maker/author: Lesser, Alexander 1814–1884 draughtsman;, date: 1830–1884; inscriptions/identification: Zrinski, Nikola Šubic ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia; ca. 1508–1566 — iconography., A drawing of a helmet rendered on tan paper, showing a domed, pointed top with vertical ridges and decorative teardrop-shaped panels; the helmet has a band around its base with patterned ornamentation and a brim extending to one side. Attached cheek guards hang down with embossed shapes and rivet-like marks, and a plume holder or crest mount is sketched beside the dome. The drawing uses shades of yellow, brown, tan, gray, and black for shading and outlines, with pencil sketch lines visible in the background and along the edges. The image is mounted on a lighter beige backing and there are faint additional pencil sketches near the top left.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_042

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Rights managed

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18.4Mb (658.2Kb) / 8.4in x 8.5in / 2530 x 2548 (300dpi)

Keywords

Helmet Nikola Zrinski Miklos Zrínyi drawing paper glued support together another sheet upper edge glued larger brown cardboard height 9.8 cm width 6.8 cm support 17.2 cm width 10.3 cm cardboard 35.2 cm width 24.6 cm subject helmet militaria knights armor maker author Lesser Alexander 1814–1884 draughtsman date 1830–1884 inscriptions identification Zrinski Nikola Šubic ban Croatia Dalmatia Slavonia ca 1508–1566 iconography helmet rendered tan paper showing domed pointed top vertical ridges decorative teardrop-shaped panels band base patterned ornamentation brim extending side Attached cheek guards hang down embossed shapes rivet- marks plume holder crest mount sketched beside dome drawing uses shades yellow brown tan gray black shading outlines pencil sketch lines visible background edges image mounted lighter beige backing faint additional pencil sketches near top left.