Painting of a Burgonet Renaissance era Helmet by Igor Tomaily

This contemporary painting of a “Burgonet” helmet by Igor Tomaily describes the design of the piece and some of the history of the time. On a parchment style background, the artist writes “The burgonet helmet (sometimes called a burgundian sallet) was a Renaissance-era and early modern combat helmet. The burgonet helmet is characterized by a skull with a large fixed or hinged peak projecting above the face opening, and usually an integral, keel-like, crest or comb running from front to rear.”

He finishes with a quotation from Alexander the Great; “I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”