Armour VARIOUS OWNERS A FINE AND IMPORTANT ITALIAN BREASTPLATE BY GIOVANNI ANGELO MISSAGLIA OF MILAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY formed of a medially-ridged main plate with deep neck and arm-openings formed at their edges with bold angular inward turns, the latter stepped between the outer ends to receive gussets (now missing), pierced on the right with four holes for attaching a lance rest (missing), the right shoulder struck with a maker's mark, a Lombardic 'M' beneath a split cross, and a separate waist-plate flanged outwards at the base for a fauld (missing, the centre of the waist-lame and the lower end of the right arm-opening with riveted internal patches, the surface showing patches of pitting) 41.0 cm; 16⅛? in high Provenance Warwick Castle Inv. No. A012, sold in these rooms, 25 June 2008, lot 331 Literature James G. Mann, Die Waffensammlung auf Warwick Castle, 2. Teil, in Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde, N. F. Vol. 6, 1937, p. 53, fig. 8. The mark struck on the main plate is that of the celebrated Milanese family of armourers, the Negroni da Ello, commonly known as the Missaglia. Already active in the 14th century, they came to particular prominence in the following century under Tommaso (recorded circa 1430-1452) and his eldest son Antonio (recorded 1441-1496). The present piece was made in the early 16th century, under Antonio's eldest son Giovanni Angelo Missaglia (recorded 1504-1529). His most notable surviving work is a fluted armour in the German fashion in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (Cat. No. G8), dating from about 1510-15. His mark also occurs on a great basinet worn by Henry VIII of England when fighting in foot combat at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520, suggesting that his works, like those of his predecessors, were widely exported. See Thomas and Gamber 1958, pp. 717-27, the same authors 1967 pp. 234-5, figs 198-204, and Blair 1955, p. 94, figs 1-3 & 15.
Armour VARIOUS OWNERS A FINE AND IMPORTANT ITALIAN BREASTPLATE BY GIOVANNI ANGELO MISSAGLIA OF MILAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY formed of a medially-ridged main plate with deep neck and arm-openings formed at their edges with bold angular inward turns, the latter stepped between the outer ends to receive gussets (now missing), pierced on the right with four holes for attaching a lance rest (missing), the right shoulder struck with a maker's mark, a Lombardic 'M' beneath a split cross, and a separate waist-plate flanged outwards at the base for a fauld (missing, the centre of the waist-lame and the lower end of the right arm-opening with riveted internal patches, the surface showing patches of pitting) 41.0 cm; 16⅛? in high Provenance Warwick Castle Inv. No. A012, sold in these rooms, 25 June 2008, lot 331 Literature James G. Mann, Die Waffensammlung auf Warwick Castle, 2. Teil, in Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde, N. F. Vol. 6, 1937, p. 53, fig. 8. The mark struck on the main plate is that of the celebrated Milanese family of armourers, the Negroni da Ello, commonly known as the Missaglia. Already active in the 14th century, they came to particular prominence in the following century under Tommaso (recorded circa 1430-1452) and his eldest son Antonio (recorded 1441-1496). The present piece was made in the early 16th century, under Antonio's eldest son Giovanni Angelo Missaglia (recorded 1504-1529). His most notable surviving work is a fluted armour in the German fashion in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (Cat. No. G8), dating from about 1510-15. His mark also occurs on a great basinet worn by Henry VIII of England when fighting in foot combat at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520, suggesting that his works, like those of his predecessors, were widely exported. See Thomas and Gamber 1958, pp. 717-27, the same authors 1967 pp. 234-5, figs 198-204, and Blair 1955, p. 94, figs 1-3 & 15.
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