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Executed somewhat in the manner of Paolo Negroli of Milan, but probably a Roman mid-XVIth century production (a) Profile view of the helmet with the visor raised Collection: Mr. Joseph Widener, Philadelphia

The Milan genealogy quoted by Angelucci names Claudia Moresini as the wife of Giovanni Paolo Negroli. Now there is a considerable amount of evidence that Moresini and Morosini were used as interchangeable forms of the same name, and Andrea Morosini himself in his history of Venice uses the form Morosini and Moresini quite indifferently, but on the other hand the Baron de Cosson has not been able to find any "Claudia Morosini" in the detailed genealogy of the Morosini family which is recorded in a MS. in the Marcian Library in Venice. The Baron de Cosson has also satisfied himself that there were other Morosinis living at this time in Lombardy, who were in no way connected with the Venetian family of that name. However, despite this coincidence of names, and the likeness of the decoration to certain Milanese types of ornamentation, the author is not disposed to