id:			95877
accession number:	1916.1559
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1559
updated:		2025-07-01 11:07:04.153000

Halberd, 1475–1500. Germany (?). Steel, pierced circular holes; wood haft; overall: 230.7 cm (90 13/16 in.); blade: 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1559

title:				Halberd
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creation date:			1475–1500
creation date earliest:		1450
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Germany (?)
technique:	steel, pierced circular holes; wood haft
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 230.7 cm (90 13/16 in.); Blade: 21.9 cm (8 5/8 in.)
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	description:	pierced circular holes
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gothic Art 1360-1440
	opening date:   1963-08-06T04:00:00
	<i>Gothic Art 1360-1440</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

	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

	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

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat.# 377
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	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. 182, H4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n261

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 67, 129, 167; cat. no. 103
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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. 96, p. 187
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IMAGES

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