Ceremonial Sword
Also titled Sierdegen
Michiel Esselbeek (Augsburg, ca. –1671)
c. 1650
- Medium
- iron (metal), silver (metal), steel (alloy)
- Classification
- small-sword
- Dimensions
- length 116 cm x width 10.5 cm x thickness 4.3 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
On the silver hilt of this sword small monsters merge in an unusual and amusing way with kwab motifs. Michiel Esselbeek came from Augsburg, an important centre of silversmithing in Germany. In Amsterdam he combined elements from Lutma’s style with his own inventions. Ornamental swords of this kind were probably worn by guardsmen on festive occasions.
