Highlights
Sword
- Artist
- –
- Locality
- Milan
- Date
- c. 1560
- Material
- Steel, iron, partly gilded and silvered, enamel
- Dimensions
- L. 109.5 cm
- Location
- Gallery 18
- Inventory Number
- W 587
- Acquisition
- Acquired from Erlangen university in 1857
- Epoch
- Renaissance
- Categories
- Arms and Armour
Description
This sword is one of the most remarkable achievements of Italian armourers. Its elaborate handle, virtuously cut in iron, suggests motion: The guard ends in triton figures, sea creatures form the guard ring and cover the hilt and pommel in flat relief. Matt and polished gilding, silver-plated sections and white enamel create contrasting colour effects. The sword originates from the Kunstkammer of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach and found its way to the Cabinet of Arts and Rarities of the University of Erlangen under Margrave Karl Alexander in the late 18th century.
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