ザクセン選帝侯クリスティアン2 世の剣

Hilt by Israel Schuech German
 Blade by Juan Martinez Spanish

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 376

この剣には精巧に鋳造され彫刻が施された金銅の柄が付いていますが、これはドレスデンの刀剣鍛冶イスラエル・シュエッヒ作の記録が残る唯一の作品です。人造宝石があしらわれ、元はエナメルが施されていた帯細工と寓話の人物は、同時期ザクセン宮廷で流行していた華麗な金細工に匹敵するものです。柄にはスペインのトレド製の刀身がついています。トレドは高品質の剣刃を作ることで有名で、ヨーロッパ各地へ製品を輸出していました。この作品の刀身は「王室の刀剣鍛冶」の署名を使ったフアン・マルティネスが作りました。

Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo

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Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo
Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), Hilt by Israel Schuech (German, Dresden, active ca. 1590–1610), Steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, hilt, German, Dresden; blade, Spanish, Toledo

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