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Signed and dated: Baron Ferdinand Rothschild bequest British Museum

We know of two Ghisis, Giovanni Battista Ghisi, who was born about 1500, and Giorgio, called Mantovano, who was born twenty-four years later. The latter is the more famous of the two; for, in addition to being an armourer, he was a plate engraver, and prints after his works are known to exist. He worked both in Mantua and Rome, and died probably about 1575. The only other armament signed by him which is still preserved is a sword hilt in the Budapest Museum, signed. There is also a shield in the Royal Armoury of Madrid (D 69) which, although unsigned, appears from the style of the work to be, in all prob