Pair of Renaissance Italian Figures c.1550A pair beautifully carved dark walnut Italian Renaissance figures c. 1550. Depicting an idealistic representation of Renaissance soldiers wearing Ancient Roman cingulum an apron like or skirt like arrangement of leather straps often set with metal disks, copied from the Greek soldiers before them who wore the similar pteruges these provided a degree of protection, without impeding movement or over heating the wearer as more rigid armour would have