id:			95839
accession number:	1916.1516
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1516
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:14.294000

Morion of the State Guard of Elector Christian I of Saxony, c. 1580–91. Germany, Nuremberg, 16th century. Russet steel, etched and gilded; overall: 33.3 x 27 x 23.5 cm (13 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1516

title:				Morion of the State Guard of Elector Christian I of Saxony
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creation date:			c. 1580–91
creation date earliest:		1575
creation date latest:		1596
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, Nuremberg, 16th century
technique:	russet steel, etched and gilded
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 33.3 x 27 x 23.5 cm (13 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs
	opening date:   1982-11-02T05:00:00
	<i>Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).

	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. #146
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (146) 149
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n216

	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. 51-52, B30; Reproduced: Plate XI, B30
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n74

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.
	page number: 	Reproduction: p. 31
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n37

	Fliegel Stephen N., "The Armor Court", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 38 no. 07, September
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1998-07/page/4

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