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A French dagger
Mladen Radić
; Muzej Slavonije Osijek
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Museum of Slavonia in Osijek holds very rich collections of arms, not completely elaborated scientifically. One of the special valuable examples is a dagger with the arms of French royal family Anjou. It has a special significance for the Museum, as it is a part of the first donation by the founder of the Museum J. Sedla-kovic from 1877. Cutting edge was afterwards roughly shaped and adjusted to the case, and the inscription implies to 18th century, i.e. that it doesn't belong to the original set.
Grip, crossguard and sheath are made of ivory and richly ornamented. The cross has obviously been made afterwards. The handle besides armour with three lilies and crown includes symmetric floral ornaments. The case is cone shaped, divided into two surfaces with four portraits and the crest bud shaped.
The four portraits are framed with bay wreath and floral symmetric motives. There is a pair of portraits at each side of the case. Under the first "pair" there are decorative ribbons, and above the second "pair" there is an angel's head with wings and a satyr head. The portraits are turned to the left i.e. to the right in succession.
It is obvious that the ivory parts have been made by expert hand and that this dagger has been a special and expensive order.
The portraits are images of French kings: young and early deceased king Francois II (1559-1560), Henri II (1547-1559), Francois I (1515-1547), Louis XII (1483-1515), chronologically represented.
The author of this work has concluded that the dagger could have been made during the reign of Francois II, in the second half of 16th century.
Experts from Musée du Louvre and Musée de 1' Armée in Paris believe that the dagger was made in the first third of 19th century, i.e. the first half of 19th century, as the reflection of the taste of collectors, although they don't have closer analogy in their collections. Due to relative youth of the organic parts of the dagger, it is hard to believe that its analysis will be able to solve this dilemma, but the author of this work believes, according to the analysis of historical data and condition of the object, that this piece of art could have been made in the second half of 16th century.
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164454
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Datum izdavanja:
5.12.2002.
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