id:			95859
accession number:	1916.1535
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1535
updated:		2024-08-08 15:11:45.379000

Corsèque, c. 1520. Italy, Venice, 16th century. Steel; round wood haft; tassel; overall: 269.2 cm (106 in.); blade: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1535

title:				Corsèque
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creation date:			c. 1520
creation date earliest:		1515
creation date latest:		1525
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Italy, Venice, 16th century
technique:	steel; round wood haft; tassel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 269.2 cm (106 in.); Blade: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 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

	Richard Zshille(1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany
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	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1951), 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

	<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. (45) 50
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n120

	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. 189, H26
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n272

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 98, p. 167
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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. 107, p. 187
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	Dobson, Chris. <em>Beaten Black and Blue: The Myth of the Medieval Knight in Shining Armour</em>. Sant'Albano Stura, Italy: Chris Dobson, 2023.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 61, fig. 63
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