Ghisi Shield
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The Ghisi Shield is a piece of Renaissance parade armour made by the Italian goldsmith and engraver Giorgio Ghisi, signed and dated 1554. It is part of the Waddesdon Bequest, held by the British Museu
The Ghisi Shield, Waddesdon Bequest, British Museum, London
Central scene
Victory (top cartouche)
Fame (bottom cartouche)
Giorgio Ghisi
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Giorgio Ghisi was an Italian engraver from Mantua who also worked in Antwerp and in France. He made both prints and damascened metalwork, although only two surviving examples of the latter are known.
Hercules, engraving by Ghisi after Giovanni Battista Bertani, 1558
The Last Supper by Ghisi after Lombard, 1551, copy in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art