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Hi friends!

Do you think is strange this "page" with that big helmet?

will be a private joke of Filippo Maria Visconti?

That is a Valletta or Cameriere (page who dresses Knights) They started from the the shoes(sabats) and dressed upwards- so the last thing on was the Helmet.
So the lad is a Helmet stand

~Lorredan

Interesting job......

There is a curious detail ... I didn't know a heraldic emblem of Galeazzo II Visconti: a lion with a big helmet on his head.

http://www.storiadimilano.it/arte/imprese/Imprese04.htm

I dont said this helmet is the same heraldic helmet, but is curious...

mmfilesi wrote: There is a curious detail ... I didn't know a heraldic emblem of Galeazzo II Visconti: a lion with a big helmet on his head.

http://www.storiadimilano.it/arte/imprese/Imprese04.htm

I dont said this helmet is the same heraldic helmet, but is curious...

A second version ...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... t-2007.jpg

A coin


Doppio Ducato - "double Ducat" ... highest value at this overview with 7 grams of Gold:
http://www.rhinocoins.com/ITALY/MILANO/GALMA.HTML