Partisan Carried by the Bodyguard of Louis XIV (1638–1715, reigned from 1643)
Object type: Partisan
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Jean Berain
Artist bio: French, Saint-Mihiel 1640–1711 Paris
Artist role: Designer
Artist nationality: French
Date: 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
Geography:  Paris     
Credit line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession year: 1914
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