About the Artwork
Partisan for the Guard of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
ca. 1750
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Austrian
Unknown
Etched steel and wood with brass nails and fringe
Overall: 77 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 2 5/8 inches (196.9 × 10.8 × 6.7 cm) Overall (blade): 12 1/4 × 4 3/8 inches (31.1 × 11.1 cm)
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
62.273
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Etched on both sides of the blade: monograms "MT" (Empress Maria Theresa) and "FCI" (Francis I)
Provenance
(Roberts Abels Inc., New York, New York, USA)
1962-present, purchased by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Austrian, Partisan for the Guard of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, ca. 1750, Etched steel and wood with brass nails and fringe. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 62.273.
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