Subject: cavaliere knight
Culture: Renaissance Italian
Setting: Italy 16thc
Object: shield
Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor *
"Shield Depicting the Conversion of Saint Paul
Steel, embossed and damascened with gold and silver
Italian (Milan), about 1570
The scene is probably copied from a Roman engraving of 1567 by Mario Cataro." ...
* Hermitage > Pйцaрский Эaл
"Щит-рондaш. Macтeрcкaя Пиччининo. Итaлия. Cepeдинa XVI вeкa."
Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor *
"Shield Steel, embossed and damascened with gold and silver Italian (Milan), about 1560-70
This is a rare example of armor embossed with a contemporary scene rather than one from ancient history or the Bible. The shield depicts the surrender of Prince-Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony (1503-1554) to Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519-56) after the battle of Mühlberg on April 24, 1547. This battle marked the defeat of Protestant German princes at the hands of the Catholic League, led by the emperor.
"The scene derives from an engraving by Maerten van Heemskerck (1498-1574). It was part of a series depicting the triumphs of Charles V that was published in Antwerp in 1556." ...
* Hermitage > Pйцaрский Эaл
Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor *
"Shield Wood, linen, gesso, gold leaf, polychromy Attributed to Girolamo da Treviso (about 1497-1544) Italian (probably Bologna), about 1535
This is one of a small group of Renaissance pageant shields painted on both their interiors and exteriors with scenes from Roman history and classical mythology in grisaille (tones of gray) on a ground of gold leaf. Many of the details are rendered in sgraffito (the technique of scratching through a surface to reveal a different color underneath, in this case, gold). The gold thus exposed is impressed with comma-shaped marks to heighten its light-reflecting quality. Girolamo da Treviso was one of the few sixteenth-century artists to employ the demanding sgraffito technique, which had gone out of fashion by the late fifteenth century.
"The battle scenes on the inside of the shield, perhaps illustrating episodes from the life of the Roman general Scipio, show a keen observation of classical costume and armor, which were known from antique sculpture and coins. The style of painting, the physical types, and the energetic poses are strongly indebted to Giulio Romano (about 1499-1546), who was Raphael's assistant and, later, the court painter to the dukes of Mantua. Girolamo da Treviso worked with Giulio in Mantua in 1527." ...
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Shield Wood, leather, gesso, bole, paint, gold
Italian (Possibly Bologna), about 1600 ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor *
"Shield Wood, leather, gesso, bole, paint, gold
Italian, about 1530-50"
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* Kimbell Art Museum > Art & War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries
Kimbell Art Museum > Art & War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries *
