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 show that Giacomo Filippo Negroli, the maker of the shield we are about to describe, was a contemporary of Filippo Negroli, probably his son or brother, and that Filippo Negroli was the famous Filippo who, in 1539, manufactured the magnificent armour in the Royal Armoury of Madrid (A 139), signing the work with his brother,.

Once in the collection of the Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol, 1552.

The work of Lucio Picinino. Imperial Armoury, Vienna

This second shield, a shield with the lion's head (Fig. 1297), and the bearded helmet referred to ante, Fig. 1231, were given to the Emperor Charles V by Federigo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, between the years 1533 and 1536. The shield, which is made in two pieces, is slightly convex, originally of a black patine, but to-day polished bright. The centre piece is embossed in high relief with the head of a lion, its mane flowing. The second portion has a surface kept quite plain for the better display of the