Khan Academy: Negroli, Burgonet

In this video [2:43] Met curator Stuart Pyhrr on virtuoso craftsmanship in Filippo Negroli's Burgonet, 1543. This masterpiece of Renaissance metalwork is signed on the browplate by Filippo Negroli, whose embossed armor was praised by sixteenth-century writers as "miraculous" and deserving "immortal merit." Formed of one plate of steel and patinated to look like bronze, the bowl is raised in high relief with motifs inspired by classical art.