Keris of Peter the Great

Gustav · 22nd April 2018, 11:49 AM

Dear All,

perhaps this one deserves his own thread.

Despite the very mysterious description on online collection site of Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, this is Keris Peter the Great brought back to Russia from Netherlands in 1698 and was part of he's Kunstkammer collection. As such it was presented also in a Hermitage exhibition on Peter the Great in Amsterdam in 2013.

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/p...c+armor/515178

The dimensions of it as given on museums site - total length: 46,0 cm; blade length: 36,6 cm.

It belongs to a small group of very similar Keris. Another one was 1714 presented to Peter the Great's ally, Augustus II the Strong. It's in Dresden, Inv. Nr. 2880.

This group represent one of the pinnacles in history of Keris art.

The Keris in Hermitage is also an important one to me personally, because it was the first one I have seen. I was 10 years old then.

22nd April 2018, 11:49 AM	#1
Gustav Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,196	Keris of Peter the Great Dear All, perhaps this one deserves his own thread. Despite the very mysterious description on online collection site of Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, this is Keris Peter the Great brought back to Russia from Netherlands in 1698 and was part of he's Kunstkammer collection. As such it was presented also in a Hermitage exhibition on Peter the Great in Amsterdam in 2013. http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/p...c+armor/515178 The dimensions of it as given on museums site - total length: 46,0 cm; blade length: 36,6 cm. It belongs to a small group of very similar Keris. Another one was 1714 presented to Peter the Great's ally, Augustus II the Strong. It's in Dresden, Inv. Nr. 2880. This group represent one of the pinnacles in history of Keris art. The Keris in Hermitage is also an important one to me personally, because it was the first one I have seen. I was 10 years old then. Attached Images Last edited by Gustav; 22nd April 2018 at 12:00 PM.