Design for a ceremonial dagger. Brush drawing in black ink on paper, 45. 5 × 12. 6 cm, british museum, london. Hans holbein appears to have designed weapons as part of his responsibilities as the king's painter of henry viii. This design is for a baselard, an ornamental dagger worn suspended from a girdle. It is the only surviving design by holbein for a complete weapon (foister, p. 88). Date: c. 1534–38.
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