Sword with equestrian motifs
Also titled Degen met ruitermotieven
1655 - 1665
- Medium
- iron (metal), ijzerdraad, wood (plant material)
- Classification
- small-sword
- Dimensions
- length 106.6 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased from the H.L. Visser Collection, with the support of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Ministerie van OCenW, the Ministerie van Defensie, the VSBfonds, the BankGiro Lottery and the Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The many equestrian motifs on this sword suggest that it was once owned by a cavalry officer. Unusually, the scene of a large cavalry engagement extends over both parts of the shell guard. Mounted figures are also incorporated in the deco- ration of the knuckle guard and pommel.
