ENGLISH 17 a Common Areas 17 b Gallery of Arms 17 c

HIGHLIGHTS

The gallery of arms and the stairway Composite armor with rich damask in gold on the via Gesù side are the only two (applications of gold leaf and thread on an engraved background) featuring the lion of areas in the house in which remain the Saint Mark, Brescia, 17th C, some pieces pre-1880 Eclectic style decorations—in integrated in the 19th C this case, the graceful gilded white Remarkable collection of hilted swords 1 stucco of the Late Baroque period, made in Germany and other parts of northern intended to evoke the magnificence and Europe, 16th – 17th C “Milanese-ness” of the family—prior to 5 Walnut chest carved with putti, foliage and a the refurbishment in the Renaissance coat-of-arms, Italy, 16th C style effected by the brothers, the Gunpowder flasks covered with embossed barons Fausto and Giuseppe Bagatti boiled leather, Italy, 16th C Valsecchi. Small rare bust in armor with the cross of 6 the Knights of Malta, probably an ex voto of The gallery of arms, at the focal point the early 17th C for entering and exiting the house Round parade shield covered with boiled using either the original (via Gesù) or leather embossed with mythological scenes, the new (via Santo Spirito) stairway, Italy, third quarter of the 16th C 4 2 served critical symbolical purposes: to evoke an aristocratic manor. In addition, the collection also projected an image of wealth since it took an entire workshop about a year and a half to produce one suit of armor. Armor, pole arms and side arms principally 3 were chosen because fire arms, though present in the medieval and Renaissance periods, were associated with later epochs in the minds of the nineteenth century collectors.

The collection of arms and armor also served to underscore two other principal themes in the house: the antiquity and “Milanese-ness” of the Bagatti Valsecchi family. For centuries, beginning in the medieval period, Milan was well known as one of the most important centers for the production of much sought after, beautiful and high quality arms and armor. Though not all of the arms and armor in the collection actually are from Milan, and the sword hilts often were reworked in the nineteenth century, the allusion is clear.

The arms in this gallery—symmetrical with the gallery of the cupola on the other side of the grand salon; the brothers designed the skylights in both of the galleries—are displayed still as the brothers wished, in racks and on 12 11 10 8 7 6 9 sixteenth century chests (cassoni). As 13 5 4 preferred by the historical-style in vogue in the late nineteenth century, the 17 2 3 armor was composed on stands, as if 15 14 16 1 being worn by guards. Fausto’s apartment Giuseppe’s apartment Common areas ENGLISH 17 a Common Areas 17 b Gallery of Arms 17 c

swept hilt, S-curve quillions, forte marked perforated crescent axe with large dorsal “BERNALDO” and “FERRARA,” Germany, ca. hooks, Germany, ca. 1580-1600 (n.1278) 4 1630; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1127) · steel billhook with ferrule and spike on · steel composite side sword with basket hand opposite pole end, northern Italy, late 15th C; 14 1 guard, forte punched with “I:E:S:VS”, Spain (?), reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1279) ca. 1630-1640; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1128) Lower row: · steel composite short sword in punched with · steel , slender fluke perforated in 4 2 “IACOBO” Italy, ca. 1650 (n.1129) hump and underlying teeth, crescent axe with 13 3 · steel rapier, one curved quillion, swept hilt, perforated humps, vegetal and Old Testament ricasso punched “ANTONIO”, “PICININO” and motif engravings, Lombardy, ca. 1600 (n.1265) 4 with an illegible crowned shield, Germany, ca. · steel halberd, crescent axe with triangular 4 A N 1600 (n.1130) ends, Switzerland, late 16th C (n.1266) 12 · steel sword of state (incorrectly called an · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated executioner’s sword) with black leather- bound crescent axe with dorsal hooks, Switzerland or M 5 B C cord wound around the hilt, Germany or the southern Germany, ca. 1600 (n.1267) Tyrol, early 15th C (n.1286) · steel halberd, perforated fluke, crescent axe Middle row: with perforated triangular dorsal humps and 4 · steel composite side sword with basket guard, perforated with cross of S. Andrew, southern 4 curved knuckle guard, straight quillions, forte Germany, 1590-1600 (n.1268) L 4 4 C D punched with “SPADERO DEL REY,” Spain, ca. · composite infantry corselet (, 4 1650; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1114) gorget, cuirass, tassets, brassards), Brescia, 4 · steel composite side sword with three- ca. 1575-1580 (n.1280) ringed swept hilt with small embossed barely · steel partisan with large cusp shaped like an perforated valves, S-curve quillions, forte elongated triangle, western Europe, late 17th C I 11 6 E F punched “H.X.H.X.H” and “H.X.H.X.H.X.,” (n.1270) Germany and Brescia (?), ca. 1630; reworked, · steel billhook, Italy, early 16th C; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1115) Milan, 19th C (n.1271) · steel composite side sword with S-curve · steel billhook, Italy, late 15th C (n.1272) H 4 4 G quillions, three-ringed swept hilt, forte punched with “DE TOMAS DE AIALA,” Italy, ca. 1630; Arms rack 10 7 reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1116) From left to right, top row: 4 · steel composite side sword, S-curve · steel composite side sword with S-shaped quillions, shell-shaped knuckle guard, ricasso quillions, ring hand guard with shell-like valves, punched with a crowned “M” in egg-shaped forte twice punched with “I.E.S.V.S.,” Spain (?), 8 circles borders of with “IACOMO” and ca. 1640; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1163) “DIEPPI”, Iacomo Dieppi, Milan, ca. 1650; · steel composite side sword with three- reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1117) ringed swept hilt with small flat valves, S-curve 9 · steel composite side sword, ringed swept hilt, quillions, tang also serves as ricasso, Germany, S-curve quillions, punched on the blade with ca. 1630; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1164) “SACHGVM” and with a running wolf, Passau (?), · steel composite dress rapier with two-ringed ca. 1580; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1118) swept hilt, punched “DE TOLEIO” on forte and · steel side sword with three-ringed swept hilt, “S” / “T” under a crown, Italy and Toledo, ca. Arms rack punched twice with “IHM MAR,” Germany, ca. 1600; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1165) From left, to right: 1630 (no. 1119) · steel composite dress rapier, two-ringed hilt, · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated · steel composite side sword with three-ringed straight quillions, forte punched with “IOHAN crescent axe with dorsal hooks, Switzerland or swept hilt, S-curve quillions, Low Countries, VEIT VON WIRTZBVRG,” Würzburg, ca. 1590- southern Germany, ca. 1600 (n.1172) ricasso punched with faint egg-shaped mark, 1600; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1166) · steel halberd, forked fluke, sharply pointed ca. 1620; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1120) · steel composite corselet (, gorget, crescent axe with dorsal bumps and floral motif · steel side sword with S-curve quillions, ring cuirass, tassets, brassard), Brescia, late 16th C engraving, Italy (Venice?), ca. 1570 (n.1173) hand guard with shell-like valves decorated (?); reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1171) · steel composite infantry corselet (helmet, with cherubs, western Europe, ca. 1640 (n.1121) · steel rapier with swept hilt, tang punched with gorget, cuirass, tassets, pauldrons), Italy, 16th · steel composite dress sword engraved with “CAINO” and with an “O” over a crowned “T”; -17th C (n.1176) “LA MORT EST MA VIE” on the blade, Flanders, forte punched “HRM HRM HRM” and “HRM · chanfron with two cheek-shields held by chain ca. 1660; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1122) HRM HRM M”, Germany, ca. 1610 (n.1167) mail, Persia for Ottoman patron, ca. 1530-1550 · remains of a steel feather staff transformed into · steel composite short sword with cup hilt (n.1177) an axe and hammer, Italy, early 17th C (n.1285) and cuspate quillions, Low Countries, ca. 1660; · steel halberd, forked fluke, brace-shaped axe Lower row: reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1168) with central point and partially engraved with · three steel pagoda-shaped shields, western · steel composite side sword with double- floral motifs, Italy (Venice ?), ca. 1570 (n.1174) Europe, Germany (?), 17th C; strength test dent ringed swept hilt, S-curve quillion, and keg · steel halberd, triangular perforated fluke, probably from 19th C (n.1111,1112,1113) pommel, Germany, ca. 1610; reworked, Milan, perforated crescent axe with dorsal hooks and 19th C (n.1169) engraved with floral motifs, Venice, ca. 1590 Rack · steel composite side sword with swept hilt, (n.1175) From left to right, upper row: straight quillions and keg pommel, ricasso · steel halberd, triangular fluke punched with a punched with three little stars, Germany, ca. Arms rack crowned anvil and with perforations in hump 1630; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1170) From left to right, top row: and underlying teeth, slender crescent axe with · steel composite side sword with three-ringed · steel sapper’s axe in with curvilinear profile, perforations and dorsal hooks (points broken), swept hilt, straight quillions, tang punched Germany, second half of the 17th C (n.1288) Lombardy, ca. 1600 (n.1273) with a small boat within a rectangle flanked · steel composite side sword with ring hilt with · steel parade halberd, perforated blade, by flies, blade also punched with a fly and stylized shell-like valves, S-curve quillions, triangular perforated fluke with underlying “M+A+R+A+N”, Italy, ca. 1620-1630; reworked, blade punched with “ANTONIO PICININO,” teeth, highly perforated crescent axe with Milan, 19th C (n.1203) ricasso punched with sailboat in a rectangle, shaped dorsal hooks, Venice, end of the 16th C · large steel composite double-handed Nave (Brescia), ca. 1640 with 19th C hilt (n.1123) (n.1274) sword, southern Germany, early 16th C; · steel side sword, triple ringed swept hilt, · steel halberd, fluke punched with forked reworked, Milan (?), 19th C (n.1283) S-curve quillions, prime punched with “ME heart of Vandea in the Milanese style and with Middle row: FECIT AQUILINUS,” Italy, ca. 1630; reworked perforations in hump and underlying teeth, · steel halberd, perforated fluke, small crescent Milan 19th C (n.1124) small crescent axe with perforations and dorsal axe with dorsal hooks and perforated with the · steel side sword with ring hand guard with hooks, Lombardy, ca. 1600 (n.1275) cross of S. Andrew, southern Germany, ca. shell-like valves, ricasso punched with an “S” in · steel composite two-handed sword, ribbed 1590-1600 (n.1151) a square topped with a crown, western Europe, hilt covered with morocco leather, southern · large steel partisan, apex spike triangular in ca. 1640 (n.1125) Germany, early 16th C; reworked, Milan (?), 19th section, Italy, 16th -17th C (n.1152) · steel composite side sword, double-ringed C (n.1276) · large steel partisan, flat surfaces punched, swept hilt, S-curve quillions, prime punched · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated northern Italy or France, 16th-17th C (n.1153) with “IOHANNES ME FECIT,” Germany and crescent axe with large dorsal hooks, Switzerland · large steel partisan, large robust apex spike, Brescia (?), ca. 1630 (n.1126) or southern Germany, ca. 1600 (n.1277) Italy, 17th C (n.1154) · steel composite side sword, three-ringed · steel halberd, perforated fluke, small · steel partisan, western Europe, 17th C (n.1155) ENGLISH 17 a Common Areas 17 b Gallery of Arms 17 c

· steel composite side sword with three- · steel , decagonal ferrule, Italy, mid 16th 4 ringed swept hilt, ricasso punched twice with a C (n.1260) crowned shield containing three lilies, Flanders, · steel halberd, slender fluke, sharply pointed ca. 1630; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n. 1148) crescent axe with perforated dorsal bumps, 14 1 · steel side sword with two-ringed swept hilt Venice, late 16th C (n.1261) with perforated valves, forte punched “IHS” · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated and a wolf cub, southern Germany (Passau?), crescent axe with large dorsal hooks, Switzerland 4 2 ca. 1610 (n.1149) or southern Germany, ca. 1600 (n.1262) 13 3 · steel composite dress fencing rapier, · steel hunting halberd/spike, fluke with hooks, straight quillions, forte engraved with wavy small perforated lunette blade with hooks, 4 lines, blade punched with a little deer, Germany, Germany, 1570-1590 (n.1263) N 4 A ca. 1640; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1150) Lower row: 12 Middle row: · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated · ceremonial Saxon miner’s hatchet crescent axe with large dorsal hooks, Germany, M 5 B C (“Bergbarte”), handle encrusted with horn ca. 1580 (n.1249) plaques alternating with fillets; Saxony, 18th C · steel halberd, solid curved fluke, small (n.1284) perforated crescent axe with double points, 4 · steel dress rapier with three-ringed swept Germany, ca. 1570 (n.1250) 4 hilt with two shell-like valves, straight quillions, · steel halberd, triangular fluke with perforations L 4 4 C D forte marked “XX PEDRO XX DEL XX MONTE in hump and underlying teeth, crescent axe 4 XX EN XX” and “XX TOLEDO XX”, Toledo and head with reinforced points, floral Brescian- 4 Milan, end of the 19th C (n.1134) style engraving with a male figure in 17th · steel composite side sword with two hemi- century clothing and shield against a cityscape, spherical perforated hand guards, S-curve perforations in the dorsal bumps, Venice, ca. I 11 6 E F quillions, forte punched “EN TOLEDO” in 1600 (n.1251) Toledo-style letters, Netherlands and Toledo, · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated ca. 1640; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1135) crescent axe with dorsal hooks (one broken), · steel composite side sword with two hemi- Switzerland or southern Germany, ca. 1600 H 4 4 G spherical perforated hand guards, swept hilt, (n.1252) S-curve quillions, punched on the ricasso: an · composite infantry corselet (burgonet, 10 7 old-fashioned “Z” with three crowns one over gorget, cuirass, pauldrons, tassets), Italy, 1570- 4 the other, a crowned anvil and traces of three 1580 (n.1264) illegible maker’s marks, northern Italy, ca. 1640; · steel “corsesca” (similar to a spetum) with reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1136) decagonal ferrule, northern Italy, 17th C (n.1253) 8 · steel side sword, swept hilt ring guard, · steel falk, iron incised with leaves and flowers, S-curve quillions, terminating in bee (?) design, Venice, late 16th-early 17th C (n.1254) forte punched with IHS encircled with stars, · steel halberd with partisan-like blade, curved 9 serpentine blade, Italy, ca. 1640 (n.1137) fluke, crescent axe with large dorsal hooks, · steel composite dress rapier with two-ringed western Europe (Germany?), late 17th C (n.1255) swept hilt, one down-curved quillion, Lombardy, · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated 17th C (?); reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1138) crescent axe with large dorsal hooks, Switzerland · steel partisan apex, spike triangular in · steel dress rapier with three-ringed swept or southern Germany, ca. 1600 (n.1256) section, ogival tip, western Europe, end of the hilt, straight quillions, ricasso punched with 17th C (n.1156) “LUDOVICO / FONTANA” and “ALA LVNA IN Arms rack · three steel falks, Venice and Italy, 16th-17th C MILANO,” lozenge-shaped blade, Ludovico From left to right: (n.1157,1158,1159) Fontana, Milan, ca. 1630 (n.1139) · steel halberd, perforated fluke with underlying Bottom row: · steel composite rapier with perforated cup teeth, perforated crescent axe with small · steel pagoda-shaped shield completely hilt and curved knuckle guard, straight quillions, dorsal florets, Venice, ca. 1600, with 18th (?) C incised with vegetal, zoomorphic and twisting ricasso punched with “PETER PVEGH ME additions (n.1388) ribbons surrounding five knights on horseback, FECIT SOLINGEN,” Peter Pech, Solingen and · steel halberd, perforated and toothed fluke, Brescia, ca. 1600 (n.1160) Netherlands, ca. 1650; reworked, Milan, 19th C small perforated crescent axe with dorsal · steel pagoda-shaped shield, border incised (n.1140) hooks, Venice, early 17th C (n.1178) with leaves and profile busts of ancient Roman · steel composite rapier with perforated lobed · composite infantry corselet (burgonet, emperors, surface incised with six areas cup hilt, straight quillions, curved knuckle gorget, pauldrons, breastplate with loin-guard, divided by Lombard-style trophy “pilasters”, guard, perforated forte, fuller with silver back plate, tassets), Nuremburg, ca. 1560; each segment each bears an ancient Roman damask inscription: “CROCE PATRIARCALE reworked southern Germany or northern Italy, warrior in the center of an elaborate shield, POTENZIATA,” Europe, ca. 1650-1660; 1600 and 19th C (n.1181) northern Italy, Milan (?), ca. 1580-1590 (n.1161) reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1141) · steel horse muzzle, richly decorated with · steel pagoda-shaped shield incised with · steel composite side sword with two hemi- perforations, Nuremburg, ca. 1550-1570 (n.1182) vegetal, zoomorphic and twisting ribbons spherical perforated hand guards, ricasso · steel spike with conical ferrule, blade incised surrounding standing figures, including Judith punched with EN HORTVNO and EHOLEDO with the Savoy arms, Piedmont, early 18th C with the head of Holofernes, Brescia, ca. 1600 in Toledo-style letters and with a circle over (n.1179) (n.1162) and under which are pairs of feet, Netherlands · steel sergeant’s (ceremonial), blade incised and Toledo, ca. 1640; reworked, Milan, 19th C with the Savoy arms, Piedmont, 18th C (n.1180) Arms rack (n.1142) From left to right, upper row: · sapper’s axe with crescent blade, Italy or Arms rack · steel composite side sword with double Venice (?), 17th C (n.1287) From left to right: ringed swept hilt, forte punched twice with Lower row: · two steel pitchforks, northern Italy, 17th C “RESPICE / FINEM”, Germany, ca. 1600; · three steel pagoda-shaped shields, western (n.1210,1211) reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1143) Europe (Germany?), 17th C; strength test dent · steel composite infantry corselet (gorget, · steel sword with three ringed swept hilt, ricasso probably from 19th C (n.1131,1132,1133) cuirass, tassets, pauldrons, brassards, incised punched twice with “CAINO” and “OT” under with small trophies, medallions and panels), a crown, blade punched twice with “IESVS,” Rack Brescia, ca. 1580 (?); reworked, Milan, 19th C northern Italy and Brescia, ca. 1630 (n.1144) From left to right, upper row: (n.1215) · steel composite dress rapier, swept hilt, · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated · steel chanfron, incised with little circles and straight quillions, illegible punch on blade, crescent axe with dorsal hooks, Germany, ca. blackened, Lombard-style trophies, Milan, ca. northern Italy, ca. 1580; reworked, Milan, 19th C 1570 (n.1257) 1590 (n.1216) (n.1145) · steel halberd with blade-like spike, · two steel pitchforks with decagonal ferrule, · steel composite side sword, wire on grip perforated hooked fluke, small perforated northern Italy, 17th C (n.1213,1214) loose, three-ringed swept hilt, S-curve quillions, mistilinear axe with large dorsal hooks, forte punched twice “J8ANNIS M8UM,” southern Germany, 17th C (n.1258) Johannes Moum, Germany, ca. 1630; reworked, · steel “corsesca” (similar to a spetum) with Milan, 19th C (n.1146) decagonal ferrule, northern Italy, 17th C (n.1259) ENGLISH 17 a Common Areas 17 b Gallery of Arms 17 c

· composite infantry corselet (burgonet, · steel parade halberd, highly perforated fluke 4 gorget, cuirass, tassets, brassards), Germany and crescent axe with shaped hooks, six (Nuremburg?), northern Italy, 1550-1560 (n.1248) mounted masks below the dagger-like blade, · two steel , perforated fluke, small Venice, end of the 16th C (n.1200) 14 1 perforated crescent axe with dorsal hooks, Lower row: Switzerland or southern Germany, ca. 1600 · steel infantry cuirass decorated with fillets (nn.1237,1239) of vegetal and star patterns, northern Italy, ca. 4 2 · steel halberd, fluke with perforations in hump 1590 (n.1188) 13 3 and underlying teeth, crescent axe with greek- · steel composite breastplate for light cavalry cross-shaped perforations and dorsal hooks, corselet, large rope motif around neckline, 4 Lombardy, ca. 1600 (n.1238) southern Germany (Landschut?), 1515-1520 N 4 A · steel halberd with dagger-like thrusting blade, (n.1189) 12 fluke and crescent axe with triangular points, · steel infantry corselet breastplate for a Switzerland, ca. 1570 (n.1240) guard of Emperor Matthias, perforated heart M 5 B C motif set within an incised two-headed eagle, Arms rack Nuremburg, ca. 1612 (n.1190) From left to right, upper row: · steel infantry corselet breastplate decorated 4 · steel sapper’s axe, exaggeratedly crescent with shells divided by fluting fanned out 4 blades, C. Silva, Brescia, 19th C (n.1281) between two large ribs, Innsbruck (?), 1510- L 4 4 C D · steel side sword with two hemi-spherical 1515 (n.1191) 4 perforated hand guards, S-curve quillions, forte 4 punched with cross and feet Netherlands and Rack Italy, ca. 1640; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1201) Fom left to right, upper row: · steel side sword, shell-shaped hand guard, · steel “corsesca” (similar to a spetum), I 11 6 E F pommel and ends of S-curve quillions of youthful punched with a “V,” northern Italy, mid 17th C heads, perforated forte, Italy, ca. 1630 (n.1202) (n.1225) · steel composite side sword with three-ringed · steel three-pronged , Italy, late 16th- swept hilt, straight quillions, tang punched with early 17th C (n.1226) H 4 4 G a small boat within a rectangle flanked by flies, · steel “corsesca” (similar to a spetum), blade also punched with a fly and “M+A+R+A+N”, northern Italy, 17th C (n.1227) 10 7 Italy, ca. 1620-1630; reworked, Milan, 19th C · steel halberd, triangular fluke punched with 4 (n.1203) -- o -- steel composite side sword with an “A” and perforated above and in the “teeth” swept hilt, straight quillions and keg pommel, below, slender crescent axe with perforated ricasso punched with little stars, Germany, ca. dorsal humps, Venice, ca. 1600 (n.1228) 8 1630; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1170) · steel three-pronged spear, slender ribbed · steel composite side sword with two-ringed cusp, Italy, 17th C (n.1229) swept hilt, S-curved quillion, forte punched with · steel halberd, perforated fluke with broken 9 “WILHEM…SOLINGEN” under thrice-crossed dorsal hooks, perforated small crescent globes, Solingen, ca. 1610; reworked, Milan, axe with perforated dorsal edges, southern 19th C (n.1204) Germany, early 17th C (n.1230) · steel composite infantry corselet (burgonet, · steel halberd, triangular perforated fluke, gorget, cuirass, pauldrons, brassards, tassets), slender crescent axe with perforated dorsal Rack Nuremburg, 16th C; pauldrons, brassards, bumps, Venice, late 16th C (n.1231) From left to right, upper row: tassets reworked, Milan, or southern Germany, Lower row: · steel halberd, sharply pointed fluke with 19th C (n.1209) · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated perforations in hump and underlying teeth, · steel composite equestrian sword, crescent axe with dorsal hooks, Switzerland or slender crescent axe engraved with knightly perforated forte, cross hilt, three-branched southern Germany, ca. 1600 (n.1217) profile and with perforated humps, entire metal basket guard, northern Italy, ca. 1570-1580; · steel halberd, punched fluke and small surface engraved with rounded geometrical reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1205) perforated crescent axe with dorsal hooks, designs, Lombardy, ca. 1600 (n.1241) · steel composite side sword with three-ringed Switzerland, late 16th C (n.1218) · steel parade halberd, highly perforated fluke, swept hilt, S-curve quillions, prime punched · steel halberd, fluke punched in hump and mistilinear highly perforated brace-shaped axe, in Toledo-style letters “E.V.O.N.T.O.M.O.I” and underlying teeth, small crescent axe with Germany (Saxony?), 1570-1590 (n.1242) “E.M.O.N.T.H.O.I”, Germany and Spain (?), ca. perforations under the dorsal hooks, Lombardy, · steel halberd, perforated fluke, small 1630 (n.1206) ca. 1600 (n.1219) perforated crescent axe with dorsal hooks, · steel composite back-sword with two-ringed · steel spetum, punched, Italy, first half of the Switzerland, late 16th C (n.1243) swept hilt, tang punched with three crowned 16th C (n.1220) · steel two-handed sword, blade marked with anvils, Germany, ca. 1610; reworked, Milan, · steel composite infantry corselet, punched, orb cross and with dots over “M” over “AR,” 19th C (n.1207) Germany (Nuremberg) and northern Italy, 1560- southern Germany, early 16th C (n.1244) · steel equestrian sword with basket hilt, blade 1570 (n.1232) · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated punched on both sides perhaps with the mark · steel “corsesca” (a kind of spetum), northern crescent axe with dorsal hooks, Germany, late of a wolf within a circle, southern Germany Italy, 17th C (n.1221) 16th C (n.1245) (Passau?), ca. 1600-1620; reworked, Milan, 19th · steel halberd, perforated fluke, small crescent · two steel halberds, perforated flukes, C (n.1208) axe with dorsal hooks and perforated with perforated crescent axes with large dorsal · steel and iron sapper’s axe, prime rather semi- cross of S. Andrew, southern Germany, 1590- hooks, Switzerland or southern Germany, ca. circular, Europe (Germany?), 18th C (n.1103) 1600 (n.1222) 1600 (nn.1246,1247) Middle row: · two steel halberds, flukes with perforated Lower row: · steel spetum, decagonal ferrule, Italy, ca. 1530 humps and underlying teeth, crescent axes · steel halberd, perforated fluke, crescent blade (n.1192) with perforations and dorsal hooks, Lombardy, perforated with perforated dorsal humps and · steel halberd, perforated triangular fluke ca. 1600 (n.1223,1224) with cross of S. Andrew, southern Germany, punched with a -shaped armorer’s mark, 1590-1600 (n.1233) small perforated crescent axe with dorsal Rack · steel halberd, fluke punched with a crossed hooks, Venice, ca. 1590-1600 (n.1193) From left to right: out scrotum under a forked V and having · steel spetum, octagonal ferrule, Italy, ca. 1530 · steel spetum with decagonal ferrule, northern perforations in hump and underlying teeth, (n.1194) Italy, mid 16th C (n.1183) crescent axe with perforations and dorsal · steel parade halberd with masks mounted · steel three-pronged spear with decagonal hooks, Lombardy, ca. 1600 (n.1234) below blade, highly perforated fluke and ferrule, Venetian area, early 17th C (n.1184) · steel halberd, fluke with perforations in crescent axe, northern Italy (Veneto?), ca. 1600 · black infantry corselet (burgonet, gorget, hump and underlying teeth, crescent axe with (n.1195) pauldrons, cuirass, tassets) decorated perforations and dorsal hooks, Lombardy, ca. · steel spetum for hunting, decagonal ferrule, with indented white strips and white fillets, 1600 (n.1235) Italy, 17th C (n.1196) Nuremburg, ca. 1560 (n.1186) · steel halberd, triangular fluke perforated in · steel spetum, decagonal ferrule, Italy, 16th C · steel chanfron, Baraki, with two cheek pieces hump and in underlying teeth, slender crescent (n.1197) attached with iron wire, Anatolia, early 15th C axe with perforated dorsal bumps, floral · steel partisan, octagonal ferrule forming (n.1187) Brescian-style engraving with a male figure nearly a prism, central Europe, ca. 1520 (n.1198) · steel halberd, perforated fluke, perforated in 17th century clothing and shield against a · steel spetum, decagonal ferrule, Italy, 17th C crescent axe with large dorsal hooks, Switzerland cityscape, Venice, ca. 1600 (n.1236) (n.1199) or southern Germany, ca. 1600 (n.1185) ENGLISH 17 a Common Areas 17 b Gallery of Arms 17 c

Chest with intarsia panels decorated with · steel composite “sfondagiaco,” eight- 4 the story of Portia, daughter of Cato and sided fig-shaped pommel, southern France, wife of Brutus, set within architectural scenes; early 17th C; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1354) 19th C assembly with 16th C panels (n.21) · two steel cannoneer’s stilettos, decagonal 14 1 From left to right, row towards the wall: barrel-shaped pommel damasked with · iron hand-held dark lamp richly engraved small flowers, southern France, early 17th C; with animal figures, Italy, 17th C (n.354) reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1357) 4 2 · pointed steel decorated with · steel composite stiletto, spiral spike- 13 3 trophies, ribbons and rosettes, Brescia, shaped pommel, Brescia, ca.1660; reworked, 1590-1600 (n.1360) 19th C (n.1358) 4 · undecorated iron hand-held dark lamp, N 4 A Italy, 17th C (n.355) Iron candle stand, Italy, 14th C (n.399) 12 Middle row: · steel and wood crossbow with cranequin, Armor, composite, bronzed steel (helmet, M 5 B C decorated with bone scratched with ornate gorget, cuirass, tassets, brassards, gloves, plant motifs, figures, musical instruments, jambs, shoes); engraved and gilded Germany, 1569 (n.1363) decoration of slender flowered tendrils and 4 · steel and wood crossbow with cranequin, gold and silver damask work, Brescia, ca. 4 decorated with bone and mother-of-pearl 1600; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1311) L 4 4 C D with fruit, leaves, figures and animals, 4 southern Germany, 1630 (n.1364) One of thirteen chairs, red velvet, Tuscany, 4 · bullet-shooting steel and wood crossbow mid 17th C (from n.135 to 147) with pommel, Italy, first half of the 17th C (n.1368) Chest in walnut, richly carved with putti, I 11 6 E F · stock of a bullet-shooting steel and anthropomorphic figures, tendrils and family wood crossbow with pommel, Italy, 17th C crests, Italy, mid 16th C (n.26) (n.1365) From left to right: Exterior row: · steel rounded morion, ship-shaped brim H 4 4 G · pointed steel “zuccotto” (a kind of with rope motif edge, Nuremburg, 1560-1570 burgonet) decorated with strips of Lombard- (n.1338) 10 7 style trophies added in the 19th C, northern · riding helmet transformed into a helmet 4 Italy, 1590-1610 (n.1366) for the “Gioco del Ponte” (centuries-old · steel crossbow cranequin with double Pisan strength test between two teams), hook, southern Germany, 1562 (n.1362) burnished steel with cage visor, northern 8 · steel pointed morion decorated with Italy (Brescia?), second half of the 16th C; strips of grotesques and tendrils with birds, reworked, Pisa, 17th C (n.1339) northern Italy, ca. 1580 (n.1367) · steel rounded morion, incised with seven 9 Over chest N. 1 stripes separated by fillets of leaf and · composite steel corsaletto (helmet, grotesque motifs, northern Italy, 1590-1660; gorget, breastplate with loin-guard and reworked, Milan, 19th C (?) (n.1340) tassets, back plate, pauldrons), western Europe, 16th-17th (?) C (n.1359) Walnut chest richly carved with putti, Rack over chest N. 1 anthropomorphic figures, tendrils and family From left to right, upper row: crests, Italy, mid 16th C (n.20) · steel stiletto with pommel, hemispherical From left to right, row towards the wall: butt perforated with small leaf motifs, · Milanese-style steel buckler with four Brescia, ca. 1660 (n.1289) concentric rings, northern Italy (Milan?), · steel composite stiletto, spiral ovoid 1560-1580 (n.1389) pommel with ribs and flutes, northern Italy (?), Exterior row: ca. 1660; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1290) · bronzed steel cavalry helmet decorated · two steel stilettos, pommel with olive butt with gilded incised strips on worked set on cord-like ring, Brescia, mid 17th C backgrounds, Milan (?), ca. 1570 (n.1344) (nn.1291,1292) · burnished steel with neck · steel cannoneer’s stiletto, baluster hilt, flange, deep indentations on the front Brescia, mid 17th C (n.1293) simulating lance blows, northern Italy · steel dagger with square cushion-like (Milan?), 19th C (n.1345) pommel, northern Italy, 1660-1670 (n.1294) · small round steel morion with flower- · two steel stilettos, baluster hilts, Brescia, shaped rivets of worked brass, northern ca. 1660 (nn.1295,1296) Italy, ca. 1560 (n.1356) Lower row: · bronzed steel cavalry helmet, Brescia, ca. · two steel stilettos, baluster hilts, Brescia, 1610; narrow gilded fillets forming stripes in ca. 1660 (nn.1297,1298) which alternate heraldic lilies and stars, 19th · steel stiletto, hemispherical pommel C (n.1347) decorated with a spiral, Brescia, ca. 1660 · steel cavalry helmet, bevor with triangular (n.1299) facial opening, France (?), ca. 1570; · steel composite dagger, extraneous integrated pieces, 19th C (n.1348) pommel with traces of engraving, southern Germany, late 16th C; reworked, Milan, 19th Armor styled as if for battle (helmet, gorget, C (n.1349) cuirass, tassets, brassards, gauntlets, jambs), · three steel composite “sfondagiaco,” decorated with knotted stripes, rectangles southern Germany, second half o the 16th C; with figures, fillets with classicizing grotesque reworked, Milan, 19th C (nn.1350,1351,1352) motifs and trophies; heraldic crest in the · steel composite dagger with forward swept center of the gorget, breast and back, Milan, quillions, ovoid decagonal pommel, southern 19th C (n.1312) France, early 17th C; reworked, Milan, 19th C (n.1353) ENGLISH 17 a Common Areas 17 b Gallery of Arms 17 c

Walnut chest decorated with stucco and From left to right, towards the wall: 4 panels of intarsia, Italy, late 19th C with 15th- · pair of steel stirrups incised with stylized 17th C fragments (n.22) birds’ heads, ribbing, molding and thin fillets, From left to right, row towards the wall: Germany, mid 17th C (n.1314, see also 1315) 14 1 · leather (or armet) covered with red · steel horse bit, Italy, second half 16th C velvet, Italy, 19th C (n.942) (n.1316) · boiled leather half flask for gunpowder, · iron spur with 8-lobed perforated rosette, 4 2 decorated with leaves and classicizing 7-pointed rowel, France, mid 18th C (n.1317) 13 3 grotesque motifs, northern Italy, second half · burnished steel horse bit, Italy, mid 19th C of the 16th C (n.762) (n.1318) 4 · steel secrete, Europe, 19th C (n.1301) · small armed bust with Maltese cross on N 4 A · burnished steel so-called “executioner’s” chest (ex voto?), Malta or Italy, early 17th C 12 mask in the form of a bald male face, Germany (n.1319) or England (?), 18th-19th C (?) (n.1302) · gilded bronze horse bit, Italy, first half 17th M 5 B C · burnished steel secrete, occidental Europe C (n.1320) (France?), second half 17th C (n.1303) · steel horse bit partially incised with · boiled leather half flask for gunpowder, alternating shells and cusps, France (?), early 4 4 decorated with leaves and tendrils, Italy, 18th C (n.1321) 1580-1590 (n.722) · steel spur, acorn-motif neck, 5-pointed rowel L 4 4 C D · man’s hat in leather, silk and gold decorated with little intermediary decorative points, 4 with vegetal motifs, Italy, mid 16th C (n.941) France or Germany, 1590-1610 (n.1323) 4 Middle row: · pair of steel stirrups incised with stylized · small composite hunting dagger with birds’ heads, ribbing, molding and thin fillets, sheath, steel and silk, spiral ribbed grip with Germany, mid 17th C (n.1315; see also 1314) I 11 6 E F Moor heads in copper wire, southern France, Middle row: 17th C, Milan, 19th C (nn.1305,1337) · pair of parade steel spurs, 8-pointed star- · steel feather staff blade transformed into shaped rowel, Italy, 19th C in early 17th C an axe, Italy, mid 17th C (n.1306) style (nn.1325,1326) H 4 4 G · steel war hammer, eastern Europe, 17th C · steel spur, lobed perforated rosette, (n.1307) perforated shank, seven-point star-shaped 10 7 · steel musket barrel, bore hole in the shape rowel, Central America (Mexico?), early 19th 4 of a dragon’s head, Italy (?), mid 16th C; C (n.1322) reworked 19th C (n.1336) · pair of iron spurs, yokes incised with · gun man’s spiral tool with pommel, equestrian figures, small masks and leaf 8 Europe, 18th C (n.1101) motifs, bent shank, 5-pointed star-shaped · gun man’s spiral tool with little hammer, rowels decorated with leaves, Italy, 19th C in Europe, 18th C (n.976) spurious early 17th C style (nn.1327,1328) 9 · steel, silver and partially gilded “Tabar” · steel codpiece, southern Germany, 1550- axe with gun barrel and silvered dagger, 1560 (n.1329) India, Mogul, second half 18th C (n.1308) · steel spur, shaped and perforated rosette, · steel war hammer, eastern Europe, 17th C perforated shank, 8-pointed star-shaped (n.1309) rowel, France or Central America, second · burnished steel baton, skull-shaped half 18th C (n.1330) pommel, northern Italy, 19th C (n.1310) · steel roller bit, partly perforated, Spain or · two wooden gunpowder flasks covered France (?), second half 17th C (n.1331) with black worked leather, Italy, second half · steel spur, engraved yoke, perforated 16th C (nn.737,721) shank, 8-pointed star-shaped rowel, Central Exterior row: America (Mexico?), early 19th C (n.1332) · steel flail with five chains terminating in · steel spur, shaped and perforated rosette, spheres, northern Italy, 19th C (n.1313) perforated shank, wheel rowel with 19 Above chest n.8: points, Central America (Mexico?), early 19th · steel mail shirt, closely fitted rings, C (n.1324) southern Germany or Italy (?), second half Exterior row: 16th C (n.1300) · child’s steel battle mace, six triangular ribs · steel composite infantry corselet on head, western Europe (Germany?), 16th C (burgonet, gorget, bust, tassets), black (n.1333) decorated with polished and sunken stripes, · two steel battle maces, six ribbed heads, Nuremburg, ca. 1560 (n.1304) northern Italy, mid 16th C (nn.1335,1334)

Wooden jousting lance, ribbed vamplate, Parade shield, wood and leather embossed Milan, 1868 (?) (n.1282) and worked with mythological scenes, Italy, 1550-1570 (n.940) Steel double cuirass and infantry corselet (helmet, gorget, plated breastplate, back plate Steel composite armor (helmet, gorget, with plated loin guard, elongated tassets, cuirass, tassets, pauldrons, brassards, left pauldrons, brassards, gauntlets); for infantry gauntlet, jambs); decorated with stripes, use, one removes either the extensions, or grotesques, trophies, figures and stylized all the tassets, western Europe, 1610-1620 foliage, Brescia, ca. 1600; reworked, Milan, (n.1370) 19th C (n.1371)

Walnut chest, northern Italy, 19th C with Bronze mortar model, wooden base, Europe 16th-17th C fragments (n.29) (Italy or France?), 17th C (n.1369)