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Fig. 603. Shield of wood with gesso decoration
North Italian, early XVth century
Collection: Signor S. Bardini
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Fig. 604. Shield of wood with gesso decoration in high relief
Italian, middle of XVth century
Victoria and Albert Museum
strongly reminiscent of Plate IV in Albrecht Dürer's famous "Apocalypse" of 1498. In the official catalogue this shield is also described as one belonging to the Hungarian Guard of Maximilian I. Mention of the so-called Hungarian shields of the latter part of the XVth century reminds us of that fine example in the Musée d'Artillerie of Paris, I 7 (Fig. 600), known as the shield of Mathias Corvin, King of Hungary—1458-1490. Here the shape is quite rectangular with the exception of the rounded corners; but there is a strongly developed convex central ridge, a ridge as pronounced as that seen upon
