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