Italian heraldic shield or targe from the mid-15th century

Italian heraldic shield or targe from the mid-15th century. With escutcheon and coat of arms, great helm crested with a swan's head, the crest of the Chigi family of Sienna. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C.R. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher

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