Partisan Carried by the Bodyguard of Louis XIV (1638–1715, reigned from 1643)

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

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