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

Rights

Public Domain

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