id:			95872
accession number:	1916.1550
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1550
updated:		2023-08-23 18:08:51.994000

Mount for Purse or Escarcelle, c. 1559. Workshop of Diego de Çaias (Spanish, 1535–1560). Steel with gold inlay; overall: 19 x 13.9 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1550

title:				Mount for Purse or Escarcelle
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1559
creation date earliest:		1554
creation date latest:		1564
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Spain, 16th century
technique:	steel with gold inlay
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Metalwork
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Diego de Çaias (Spanish, 1535–1560)  - artist
active Antwerp (?).
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measurements: Overall: 19 x 13.9 cm (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	swivel suspension loop is inscribed:  ALFONSUS ESTENSIS.
	translation:	
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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:		Gallery One 2012
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery One 2012</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Frank Gair Macomber, Boston, no. 321.)  Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance.
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:
This object served as a frame for a mounted leather or cloth purse. Worn by men at the waist, such purses were attached by means of a suspension swivel. The handsome gold inlay depicting hunting and military scenes includes the inscription ALFONSVS ESTENSIS, as well as a coat-of-arms that identifies the owner as Alfonso II d'Este, created Duke of Ferrara in 1559.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 259, M14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n362

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IMAGES

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