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

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

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