Although Charles V frequently urged him to come to Spain, his numerous commissions at home prevented him. He seems to have been prosperous in 1525, for he bought the “Schmied haus in the Karoline strasse” from the widow of Thomas Burgmair. Two portrait medals were struck for him in 1518, 1532. His clientele extended to Italy, and in 1511 he wrote a letter to the Marchesa Francesco di Mantua describing a project for completely arming a horse with laminated and jointed defences of plate covering head, body, and legs. A picture in the Zeughaus at Vienna shows Harnischmeister Albrecht riding a horse armed in this fashion, and a portion of the leg-piece of such a suit is preserved in the Musée Porte de Hal, Brussels (see page 9). The following works bear Coloman Colman’s mark or are known from documentary evidence to be from his hand: Vienna, 175. Wallace Collection, 402. Madrid, A, 19; A, 37-42; A, 59; A, 93-107 (Tonlet suit “The Chase”); A, 108-11; E, 57; E, 59. Dresden, G, 15. [Sidenote: _Desiderius Colman_, Augsburg, _circ._ 1532. Marks, the same as No. 40.] [Illustration: FIG. 65. Detail of Shield by Desiderius Colman (Plate XXIV).] Desiderius was the son of Coloman Colman. In 1532 he took over the workshops in the Mauerburg at Augsburg, which his father had shared with the Burgmair family. He worked at first with the armourer Lutzenberger, who married the stepmother of Desiderius in 1545. In 1550 he became a member of the City Council, and in 1556 he was made Court Armourer to Charles V. This title was afterwards confirmed by Maximilian II. Desiderius seems to have used the same mark as his father, hence there is some confusion between the two craftsmen. The suits known to be by him are at Madrid, A, 157, 158, 239, 142--the splendid parade suit made for Philip II, which is signed and dated 1550, and the richly embossed and chased round shield A, 241, which is also signed and dated 15 April, 1552. It is upon this shield that he recorded his rivalry with the Negrolis (Plate XXIV, Fig. 65, also page 16). [Sidenote: _Matthaias Frauenpreis_, Augsburg. Father, 1529-49. Son, 1530-1604. Mark No. 38.] The elder Frauenpreis or Frauenbreis was a pupil of the Colman family (q.v.), and in 1529 married the widow of a helm-smith. He is first heard of as an independent workman in 1530. The following works are ascribed to him or his son:-- Madrid. A, 198. A brassard forming part of the suit A, 190, made by Desiderius Colman. D, 68. A shield signed with his name on which the figure of Fortuna is ascribed to Hans Burgmair. M, 6. A small shield marked with his stamp No. 38. Vienna. 950. Field suit of Archduke Maximilian. 397. A white and gold suit bearing the mark No. 38. Dresden. G, 39. A fine suit of Kurfürst Moritz, bearing the mark No. 38. Illustrated on Plate VII. [Sidenote: _Hans Grünewalt_, Nuremberg, 1440-1503. Mark No. 54.]