Caption

Two Hungarian sabres, including one formerly owned by Nikola Zrinski Miklos Zrínyi. Militaria; weapons; edged weapons; sabres; karabelas. Possible association with Zrinski, Nikola Šubic ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia; ca. 1508–1566 — iconography. Hungarian army. Drawing glued across the entire surface onto paper of similar dimensions, which is glued with the upper edge onto cardboard. 1845. Drawing: height 21.1 cm, width 10.1 cm; card: height 21.2 cm, width 10.5 cm; backing card: height 35.2 cm, width 24.8 cm., The image shows a drawing of two sheathed curved blades placed side by side on a cream-colored paper with a thin red border; the left sheath is primarily red with darker red shading and silver-colored metal fittings and a brown handle capped in a light color, while the right sheath is mainly dark gray to black with silver fittings and a lighter-colored handle tip; both have crossguards depicted in a silvery tone and small loop rings on the fittings; the paper background is beige with slight spotting and faint pencil marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_061

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Rights managed

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38.3Mb (1.3Mb) / 8.7in x 17.1in / 2609 x 5128 (300dpi)

Keywords

Two Hungarian sabres formerly owned Nikola Zrinski Miklos Zrínyi Militaria weapons edged weapons sabres karabelas Possible association Zrinski Nikola Šubic ban Croatia Dalmatia Slavonia ca 1508–1566 iconography Hungarian army Drawing glued across entire surface paper dimensions upper edge cardboard 1845 height 21.1 cm width 10.1 cm card 21.2 cm width 10.5 cm backing card 35.2 cm width 24.8 cm image drawing two sheathed curved blades placed side cream-colored paper thin red border left sheath primarily red darker shading silver-colored metal fittings brown handle capped light color right sheath mainly dark gray black silver fittings lighter-colored handle tip crossguards depicted silvery tone small loop rings fittings paper background beige slight spotting faint pencil marks.