History

What fascinates me about this armour is that it was never meant to look merely functional.

Made by Bartolomeo Campi in 1546 for Guidobaldo II della Rovere, it deliberately borrows the visual language of ancient Rome: a sculpted muscular cuirass, lion-headed shoulders, and lavish… pic.twitter.com/f10LM3SeUl

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