{"data": {"id": 95982, "accession_number": "1916.1719", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Rapier, c. 1610. Germany, early 17th Century. Steel; hilt of deeply blued steel; wood; overall: 125.2 cm (49 5/16 in.); blade: 110 cm (43 5/16 in.); quillions: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); grip: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1719", "current_location": "210A Armor Court", "title": "Rapier", "creation_date": "c. 1610", "creation_date_earliest": 1605, "creation_date_latest": 1615, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Germany, early 17th Century"], "technique": "steel; hilt of deeply blued steel; wood", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor", "type": "Arms and Armor", "measurements": "Overall: 125.2 cm (49 5/16 in.); Blade: 110 cm (43 5/16 in.); Quillions: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Grip: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"length": 1.252, "length_inch": 49, "length_inch_fraction": 0.3125}, "blade": {"length": 1.1, "length_inch": 43, "length_inch_fraction": 0.3125}, "quillions": {"width": 0.25, "width_inch": 9, "width_inch_fraction": 0.8125}, "grip": {"length": 0.135, "length_inch": 5, "length_inch_fraction": 0.3125}}, "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": [{"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); \"Armor Court Reinstallation\"", "opening_date": "1998-09-10T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [{"description": "Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #400.", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "The rapier was a sword worn with civilian dress and used in duels. The term <em>rapier</em> derives from the 16th-century French word <em>rapi\u00e8re</em>, which in turn was derived from the Spanish <em>espada ropera</em>, or \u201cdress sword.\u201d The rapier was a light weapon with a straight double-edged and pointed blade that, with the development of the art of fencing in the 1500s and 1600s, gradually became narrower and lighter, and thus suitable for thrusts only. With the new technique of swordplay emphasizing the point of the blade, sword guards became more complex to protect the duelist\u2019s unarmored hand. These elaborate guards were frequently decorated by various techniques\u2014chiseling, bluing, russeting, and damascening.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60779609"], "internet_archive": []}, "citations": [{"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. 91, E18", "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n136"}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1719", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1719/1916.1719_web.jpg", "width": "512", "height": "900", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1719_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1719/1916.1719_print.jpg", "width": "1936", "height": "3400", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1719_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1719/1916.1719_full.tif", "width": "2678", "height": "4703", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1719_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1719/1916.1719_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "508", "height": "893", "filesize": "222746"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1719/1916.1719_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "1936", "height": "3400", "filesize": "4193368"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1719/1916.1719_alt0_full.tif", "width": "2678", "height": "4703", "filesize": "37805136"}, "date_created": "2010-10-22T18:45:17", "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. 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