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Filippo Negroli (ca. 1510–1579) was an
armourer Historically, an armourer is a person who makes personal armour, especially plate armour. Historically armourers were often men, but women could also undertake the occupation: for example Alice la Haubergere worked as an armourer in Cheapside i ...
from
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. He was renowned as being extremely skilled, and may be considered the most famous armourer of all time. Working together with his younger brothers Giovan Battista (ca. 1511–1591) and Francesco (ca. 1522–1600) in the Negroli family workshop headed by their father Gian Giacomo Negroli (ca. 1463–1543), Filippo was specialized in repoussé of armour, whereas his brother Francesco was renowned for his
damascening Damascening is the art of inlaying different metals into one another—typically, gold or silver into a darkly oxidized steel background—to produce intricate patterns similar to niello. The English term comes from a perceived resemblance to t ...
skills. Filippo's pieces are considered especially remarkable because they were wrought in steel, rather than the more-easily worked iron that was the traditionally assumed medium. He made
parade armour Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer. Full plate steel armour developed in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, es ...
for several esteemed clients, including
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy (as Charles II) ...
and Guidobaldo II della Rovere. Examples of his work include:
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of Charles V at La Real Armería, Madrid, Spain.
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at the
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Burgonet "Alla Romana Antica"
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.Pyhrr, catalogue no. 39
Armor of the "dauphin" attributed to the future Henry II
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References


Famous Makers and European Centers of Arms and Armor Production
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. * Fred Stern
Did Napoleon wear armor?
artnet.com - magazine. * Alan R. Williams
The Steel of the Negroli
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. * Stuart W. Pyhrr and Jose-A. Godoy (1988
Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and his Contemporaries
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


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* (see index) Armourers 1510s births 1579 deaths Duchy of Milan people Businesspeople from Milan 16th-century Italian businesspeople {{Italy-engineer-stub