Partisan Carried by the Bodyguard of Louis XIV (1638–1715, reigned from 1643)
ca. 1679
Medium
Steel, gold, wood, textile
Dimensions
L. 86 11/16 in. (220.2 cm); L. of head 20 9/16 in. (52.2 cm) W. of head 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
Classification
Shafted Weapons
Culture
French, Paris
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession Number
14.25.454
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Berain · 1640–1711
**Jean Bérain the Elder (1640–1711)** was a French draughtsman, designer, painter, and engraver of ornament who served as the central artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi. Born in Saint-Mihiel in the Spanish Netherlands (now France) to a master gunsmith, he spent his career in Paris and became one of the defining figures of late 17th-century French decorative arts. Béra...