Sunday 29 June 2008

French classical helmet of the 1660s and 70s





Details of paintings of the siege of Tournai and Maastricht showing the 'classical' helmet worn by only some French pikemen - Swiss, guards, etc. - I have never seen an example of this helmet other than in contemporary pictures - I wonder if any exist in a museum somewhere?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can't help thinking that the so-called "French classical helmets" are just variations of the "bourguignotte" or burgonet style helmets. Cf.

http://www.google.ch/images?hl=de&biw=1114&bih=646&q=bourguignotte&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

Anonymous said...

Concerning french helmet of the 1670's, take a look at this engraving of the Siege of Maastricht

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b69453862/f1.highres