id: 95819
accession number: 1916.1506
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1506
updated: 2023-12-07 10:16:28.151000
Hand-and-a-Half Sword, c. 1550. Germany, mid-16th century. Steel, blued pommel and quillions, leather grip; overall: 123.9 cm (48 3/4 in.); blade: 92.3 cm (36 5/16 in.); quillions: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.); grip: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1506
title: Hand-and-a-Half Sword
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creation date: c. 1550
creation date earliest: 1545
creation date latest: 1555
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture: Germany, mid-16th century
technique: steel, blued pommel and quillions, leather grip
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Arms & Armor
type: Arms and Armor
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 123.9 cm (48 3/4 in.); Blade: 92.3 cm (36 5/16 in.); Quillions: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.); Grip: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Armor Court Reinstallation
opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00
Armor Court Reinstallation. 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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
page number: cat. #489
url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page number: Mentioned: p. 89, E12
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n132
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page number: cat. no. 159, p. 170
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: cat. no. 134, p. 189
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1506/1916.1506_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1506/1916.1506_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1506/1916.1506_full.tif