Collar Plate for a Helmet of Henry III of France (1551–1589)

This collar plate belongs to a helmet (now in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris) that was made for the future Henry III of France (reigned 1574–89). The grotesque decoration in low relief is similar to that on the armor of Henry II of France also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 39.121a–n).

Credit: Gift of Prescott R. Andrews Jr., 1999