{"data": {"id": 95821, "accession_number": "1916.1508", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lun\u00fcneburg, 1574. Germany, Brunswick, 16th century. Steel, leather and wire bound grip; overall: 186.1 cm (73 1/4 in.); blade: 132.1 cm (52 in.); quillions: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.); grip: 45.7 cm (18 in.); ricasso: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1508", "current_location": "210A Armor Court", "title": "Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lun\u00fcneburg", "creation_date": "1574", "creation_date_earliest": 1574, "creation_date_latest": 1574, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Germany, Brunswick, 16th century"], "technique": "steel, leather and wire bound grip", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor", "type": "Arms and Armor", "measurements": "Overall: 186.1 cm (73 1/4 in.); Blade: 132.1 cm (52 in.); Quillions: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.); Grip: 45.7 cm (18 in.); Ricasso: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"length": 1.861, "length_inch": 73, "length_inch_fraction": 0.25}, "blade": {"length": 1.321, "length_inch": 52, "length_inch_fraction": 0.0}, "quillions": {"width": 0.514, "width_inch": 20, "width_inch_fraction": 0.25}, "grip": {"width": 0.457, "width_inch": 18, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0}, "ricasso": {"width": 0.251, "width_inch": 9, "width_inch_fraction": 0.875}}, "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": "Armory of Wolfenbuttel, Germany", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": null, "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "Arsenal of Vienna, Austria", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": null, "sortorder": 2}, {"description": "Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": null, "sortorder": 3}, {"description": "Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "?-1916", "sortorder": 4}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "1916-", "sortorder": 5}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The sheer size of this sword is both awe-inspiring and intimidating, but the highly ornate engraved details indicate that it wasn't used in battle. Imagine your security system being a guard wielding a blade similar to this one.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "This is one of a large series of swords distinguished by the fish-shaped crossbar on the hilt (quillon) and pierced, crutch-shaped pommels. Each sword in this series is also dated and numbered. The crowned monogram of Duke Julius, the year 1574, and the number of this particular sword (N 59) are etched on the portion of the blade between the hilt and the beginning of the sword\u2019s edge (or ricasso).", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60781144"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1916.1508-two-handed-sword-of"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Forrer, Robert. <em>Die Waffensammlung des Herrn Stadtrath Rich. Zschille in Grossenhain (Sachsen)</em>. Berlin: E. Mertens, [date of publication not identified].", "page_number": "Mentioned: cat. no. 175; Reproduced: Tafel 80", "url": "https://archive.org/details/ForrerZschille1/page/n206"}, {"citation": "Rudolph Lepke\u2019s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin. <em>R. Zschille\u2019sche waffensammlung.</em> Mar 21-22, 1900.", "page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 11-12, lot 67; Reproduced: lot 67", "url": "https://archive.org/details/Zschille/page/n16"}, {"citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> Vol. 2, <em>16th century. </em>[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].", "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (78) 80", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n302"}, {"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: pp. 96-97, E29; Reproduced: Plate XXV, E29", "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n145"}, {"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.", "page_number": "p. 107-9, cat. no. 161", "url": null}, {"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 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