id:			95311
accession number:	1916.1082
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1082
updated:		2022-10-28 20:15:10.594000

Black and White Elbow Gauntlet for the Right Hand, c.1570. North Germany, 16th century. Steel, blackened with leather; overall: 43.2 x 12.7 cm (17 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1082

title:				Black and White Elbow Gauntlet for the Right Hand
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creation date:			c.1570
creation date earliest:		1565
creation date latest:		1575
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	North Germany, 16th century
technique:	steel, blackened with leather
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 43.2 x 12.7 cm (17 x 5 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact: 
To throw a gauntlet or armored glove at the feet of your enemy or opponent was a grave insult, one only to be matched with personal combat. This is where we get the modern phrase "throw down the gauntlet."

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wall description: 
Plate armor alternately decorated with brightly polished ("white") and darkened ("black") surface areas is commonly referred to as "black and white" armor. The black color results from painting the surface areas, or merely leaving them dark from the forging process. The gauntlet here has been further embellished with an embossed cuff. The 1500s saw the revival of this ancient technique also known as <em>repoussé. </em>First the pattern is drawn onto the surface and then hammered and punched from the inside to gradually shape the desired raised design on the outer surface of the metal. This technique was reserved for only the costliest of armors.<em><br></em>
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat. no. 287
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	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. 74, C40
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n108

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 88-89, 163, cat. no. 12
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 184, cat. no. 34
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