Antonio Missaglia (1416/17–1495/96) was an Italian

armourer Historically, an armourer is a person who makes personal armour, especially plate armour. In modern terms, an armourer is a member of a military or police force who works in an armoury and maintains and repairs small arms and weapons systems, wi ...

. Missaglia's last name was a nickname taken by the artist based on where he was born (

Missaglia Missaglia (Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italy, Italian Lombardy region, located at the centre of the area known as the Meratese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,805. The comune, wh ...

). The original family name was Negroni. Both Antonio and his brother Tommaso created armor by trade, primarily to nobles and knights in Milan. Some of Missaglia's pieces can be seen at the

Kunsthistorisches Museum The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( "Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal do ...

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* 1416 births 1495 deaths Armourers Medieval artisans 15th-century Italian businesspeople {{Italy-artist-stub