Cleveland Museum of Art

Partisan

Date: c. 1650
Medium: steel; round wood haft
Culture: France, 17th century
Department: Medieval Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s. The ceremonial use of staff weapons continues to this day by the Swiss Guards at the Vatican.

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