Renaissance bronze lockplate, Gilt-bronze, Italy, 16th c., possibly from the foundry of Jacopo (c. 1
Renaissance bronze lockplate, Gilt-bronze, Italy, 16th c., possibly from the foundry of Jacopo (c. 1520 - 1604) and Ludovico (fl. 1551 - 1601) del Duca, Cast with the arms of the Bussi family. Giovanni Andrea Bussi (1417–1475), also Giovan de’ Bussi or Joannes Andreae, was an Italian humanist of the Renaissance and the Bishop of Aleria (from 1469). Private Collection via Millea. -- source link