Backplate, ca. 1505–10, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, H. 19 3/8 in. ( cm); W. 15 1/4 in. (39 cm); D. 6 3/4 in. ( cm

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Backplate, ca. 1505–10, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, H. 19 3/8 in. ( cm); W. 15 1/4 in. (39 cm); D. 6 3/4 in. ( cm); Wt. 5 lb. 6 oz. (2461 g), Armor Parts-Backplates, 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

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