Three Partisans Carried by the Bodyguard of Louis XIV (1638–1715, reigned from 1643)
ca. 1658–1715
Medium
Steel, gold, wood, textile, brass
Dimensions
04.3.64: Head, 20 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (52.7 x 15 cm); Overall, 94 3/8 in. (239.7 cm); 04.3.65: Head, 22 9/16 x 6 1/2 in. (57.3 x 16.5 cm); Overall, 94 1/8 in. (239 cm); Head, 20 9/16 x 6 1/16 in. (52.2 x 15.4 cm); Overall, 86 11/16 in. (220.2 cm)
Classification
Shafted Weapons
Culture
French, Paris
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
04.3.64, .65: Rogers Fund, 1904; 14.25.454: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession Number
04.3.64, .65; 14.25.454
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Berain|Bonaventure Ravoisie · 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...