Halberd for the Guard of Emperor Maximilian II

1571 (Renaissance) L: 90 1/2 in. (229.9 cm) Citation Source image

The blade is etched with plant designs surrounding the crowned double-headed eagle of the Holy Roman Empire, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece (a military order established by the dukes of Burgundy, revered ancestors of the Habsburgs), and the Latin motto "The Lord...

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Guard of Emperor Maximilian II (1527-1576); Haden Sale, April 26, 1911, no. 249 (?); Sale, American Art Association, New York, November 14, 1921, no. 103; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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