Backplate

Probably by Francesco Negroli Italian

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Judging by the maker's marks stamped on it, this backplate appears to be the only surviving identifiable work by Francesco Negroli, a member of a leading family of Milanese armorers, which, in the next generation, became internationally renowned for their sculpturally embossed armors all'antica (in the antique style). The backplate is in a style known as alla tedesca (in the Germanic fashion), suggesting that it was made for a client north of the Alps.

Backplate, Probably by Francesco Negroli (Italian, Milan, died before December 1519), Steel, Italian, Milan

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Backplate, Probably by Francesco Negroli (Italian, Milan, died before December 1519), Steel, Italian, Milan
Backplate, Probably by Francesco Negroli (Italian, Milan, died before December 1519), Steel, Italian, Milan

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