Design for the Hilt of a Small-Sword
Luigi Valadier
ca. 1780–90
Medium
Pen, ink, wash, graphite, vellum
Dimensions
9 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (24.4 x 16.8 cm)
Classification
Works on Paper-Drawings
Culture
Italian, Rome
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1991
Accession Number
1991.251
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Hilts
About the Artist
Luigi Valadier · 1726–1785
**Luigi Valadier (1726–1785)** was a leading Italian goldsmith, silversmith, jeweler, and sculptor active in eighteenth-century Rome. Born in Rome on February 26, 1726, he was the son of Andrea Valadier, a French-born silversmith who had settled in the city in 1714 and established a successful workshop on via del Babuino. Luigi trained and began his career in his father’s workshop, assuming its di...