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Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade, 1550-1600. Creator: Unknown.

Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade, 1550-1600. Creator: Unknown.

2-746-720 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade, 1550-1600. The two-handed sword, originally a weapon of war for specialist infantry, is so named because two hands were required to wield it. By the late 1600s, these enormous swords assumed a largely ceremonial or bodyguard function.

Image Details

Medium
  1. Bronze pommel
  2. Steel, leather and wood grip with brass rivets
Picture Type
  1. Arms and armor

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2825x4504
File Size : 37,277kb

Aliases

  1. 1919.71
  1. 100206
  1. 0940002927
  1. 1919.71
  1. 2-746-720
  1. 2746720

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