id:			95327
accession number:	1916.1094
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1094
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:11.705000

Small Sword, c.1750–60. After a design by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755). 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

title:				Small Sword
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creation date:			c.1750–60
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1765
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	France, Paris
technique:	steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

* Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755)  - artist

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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.)
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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, Cleveland, OH
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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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, 491
	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. 134, E108
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n202

	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,
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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: 	cat. no. 196, p. 192
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IMAGES

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