Cleveland Museum of Art
Two-Handed Sword
- Date
- 1550–1600
- Medium
- steel, wood and leather grip
- Culture
- Spain, Toledo (?), second half of 16th Century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This Spanish sword is meant to be brandished with two hands, used by a combatant on foot rather than on horseback. Imagine the weight of this sword in your hands.
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