id:			95821
accession number:	1916.1508
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1508
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:14.192000

Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lunüneburg, 1574. Germany, Brunswick, 16th century. Steel, leather and wire bound grip; overall: 186.1 cm (73 1/4 in.); blade: 132.1 cm (52 in.); quillions: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.); grip: 45.7 cm (18 in.); ricasso: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1508

title:				Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lunüneburg
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creation date:			1574
creation date earliest:		1574
creation date latest:		1574
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, Brunswick, 16th century
technique:	steel, leather and wire bound grip
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 186.1 cm (73 1/4 in.); Blade: 132.1 cm (52 in.); Quillions: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.); Grip: 45.7 cm (18 in.); Ricasso: 25.1 cm (9 7/8 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

	Armory of Wolfenbuttel, Germany
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	Arsenal of Vienna, Austria
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	Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany
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	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

	Forrer, Robert. <em>Die Waffensammlung des Herrn Stadtrath Rich. Zschille in Grossenhain (Sachsen)</em>. Berlin: E. Mertens, [date of publication not identified].
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 175; Reproduced: Tafel 80
	url:		https://archive.org/details/ForrerZschille1/page/n206

	Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin. <em>R. Zschille’sche waffensammlung.</em> Mar 21-22, 1900.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 11-12, lot 67; Reproduced: lot 67
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Zschille/page/n16

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> Vol. 2, <em>16th century. </em>[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (78) 80
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n302

	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: pp. 96-97, E29; Reproduced: Plate XXV, E29
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n145

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 107-9, cat. no. 161
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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. 135, p. 189
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