{"data": {"id": 95327, "accession_number": "1916.1094", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Small Sword, c.1750\u201360. After a design by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686\u20131755). Steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood; overall: 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.); blade: 87.9 cm (34 5/8 in.); guard: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1094", "current_location": "210A Armor Court", "title": "Small Sword", "creation_date": "c.1750\u201360", "creation_date_earliest": 1745, "creation_date_latest": 1765, "artists_tags": ["male"], "culture": ["France, Paris"], "technique": "steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor", "type": "Arms and Armor", "measurements": "Overall: 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.); Blade: 87.9 cm (34 5/8 in.); Guard: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"length": 1.054, "length_inch": 41, "length_inch_fraction": 0.5}, "blade": {"length": 0.879, "length_inch": 34, "length_inch_fraction": 0.625}, "guard": {"width": 0.079, "width_inch": 3, "width_inch_fraction": 0.125}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 190103, "title": "Armor Court Reinstallation", "description": "<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).", "opening_date": "1998-09-10T00:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941) Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": null, "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "1916-", "sortorder": 2}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "Although fully functional, this sword was used more for show\u2014a perfect accessory for a fashionable gentleman having his portrait painted.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "The hilt, pommel, and guard of this sword are richly chiseled in low relief against a stippled gold background with animals (dogs, a stag, ducks) that appear to be adapted from paintings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686\u20131775). An elegant court sword such as this was an important accessory to a gentleman's attire, yet remained functional\u2014it could be withdrawn for an impromptu duel.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60779758"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1916.1094-small-sword"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.", "page_number": "cat. no, 491", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up"}, {"citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.", "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 134, E108", "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n202"}, {"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.", "page_number": "pp. 119, 169; cat. no. 139,", "url": null}, {"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.", "page_number": "cat. no. 196, p. 192", "url": null}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1094", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_web.jpg", "width": "644", "height": "900", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1094_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_print.jpg", "width": "2432", "height": "3400", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1094_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_full.tif", "width": "3313", "height": "4632", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1094_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "1131", "height": "893", "filesize": "678680"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "3400", "height": "2685", "filesize": "5656640"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt0_full.tif", "width": "5000", "height": "3949", "filesize": "59260560"}, "date_created": "2007-04-26T16:33:09", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt1_web.jpg", "width": "900", "height": "711", "filesize": ""}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt1_print.jpg", "width": "3400", "height": "2685", "filesize": ""}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt1_full.tif", "width": "5523", "height": "4361", "filesize": ""}, "date_created": "2007-04-26T16:33:09", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt2_web.jpg", "width": "639", "height": "893", "filesize": "270462"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt2_print.jpg", "width": "1465", "height": "2048", "filesize": "1758363"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt2_full.tif", "width": "1465", "height": "2048", "filesize": "9004420"}, "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt3_web.jpg", "width": "1131", "height": "893", "filesize": "680521"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt3_print.jpg", "width": "3400", "height": "2685", "filesize": "5435411"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_alt3_full.tif", "width": "5000", "height": "3949", "filesize": "59266772"}, "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. 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