id:			95331
accession number:	1916.1099
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1099
updated:		2025-02-08 22:17:22.672000

Small Sword, 1640–60. Germany, Passau (?), 17th century. Steel, wood, steel wire, copper, chiseled shell guard; blade: blued, gilded, pierced and engraved; overall: 104.5 cm (41 1/8 in.); blade: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.); guard: 7.6 cm (3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1099

title:				Small Sword
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creation date:			1640–60
creation date earliest:		1640
creation date latest:		1660
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, Passau (?), 17th century
technique:	steel, wood, steel wire, copper, chiseled shell guard; blade: blued, gilded, pierced and engraved
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 104.5 cm (41 1/8 in.); Blade: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.); Guard: 7.6 cm (3 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

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"', 'opening_date': '1998-09-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat.#221.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Christie, Manson &amp; Woods, London. <em>Choice collection of works of art, mostly of the XVth, XVIth and XVIIth centuries</em>. Mar 8-12, 1898. Lot 268.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 34, lot 268
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Gurney/page/n38

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 4, <em>17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (221) 240
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n268

	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. 121, E78; Reproduced: Plate XXIX, E78
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n184

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