{"data": {"id": 97043, "accession_number": "1916.698", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Schiavona Broadsword, 1700s. Italy, Venice. Steel, brass, leather and wood; overall: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.); blade: 84.4 cm (33 1/4 in.); grip: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); guard: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.698", "current_location": "210A Armor Court", "title": "Schiavona Broadsword", "creation_date": "1700s", "creation_date_earliest": 1700, "creation_date_latest": 1799, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Italy, Venice"], "technique": "steel, brass, leather and wood", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor", "type": "Arms and Armor", "measurements": "Overall: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.); Blade: 84.4 cm (33 1/4 in.); Grip: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); Guard: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"length": 1.003, "length_inch": 39, "length_inch_fraction": 0.5}, "blade": {"length": 0.844, "length_inch": 33, "length_inch_fraction": 0.25}, "grip": {"width": 0.105, "width_inch": 4, "width_inch_fraction": 0.125}, "guard": {"width": 0.148, "width_inch": 5, "width_inch_fraction": 0.8125}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 401015, "title": "European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)", "description": "<i>European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)</i>. 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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", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1916-", "sortorder": 2}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "This sword has what is known as a \"cat's head\" pommel, a spherical knob that serves as a counterweight at the opposite end of the sword from the point.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "This broadsword or basket-hilted sword is a type that was often carried by the bodyguards of the Doge of Venice who came from the Dalmatian Coast of present-day Croatia and were then called Schavoni in Venice. 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Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. 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