A North Italian half armour attributed to the Duke of Ferrara dating: about 1570 provenance: North Italy, Burgonet with high, twisted crest, in one piece with the skull, with the sharp brim and with the nape-guard. A restoration at the comb and an antique plaque fixed on the right side of the skull. The surface with Pisan style decorations. With bands featuring armors trophies on a granulated background, bordered with twisted frames and with round featuring portraits. Antique cheeck-pieces, restored pivots. Iron rivets with brass rosettes. Fine breast-plate worked in Pisan style, of high quality. Ribbed at the center, featuring longitudinal bands with trophies on a granulated background. At the center an effigie of an old-fashioned warrior, the breasts inside circles and with grotesque armors all over the upper part. Twisted, engraved neckline and pauldron small-plates. The back-plate worked en suite with the breast-plate, featuring an antique restoration on one side. Two-plate neck-collar, decorations en suite with the breast-plate. Pauldrons with Pisan style decoration, each with two big, slightly-relieved decorations at the center inside circles and bands with parts of armors, as well as twisted frames. Complete brassards, all with Pisan style decorations. Knuckle-shields with back parts and cuffs. Mounted on an exhibition mannequin with sixteenth-century vests, partially made with cloth and with a fine, sculpted head. Total height with mannequin and base: 215 cm. provenance: 'Powerscourt'sell, (Christie's) September, 24th and 25th 1984 (n.393). The armour was bought in Italy in 1836 by the sixth Viscount Powerscourt. Traditionally, the armour was worn by Alfonso Duke of Ferrara. height as shown circa 103 cm.