id: 95909
accession number: 1916.1620
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Executioner's Sword, late 1600s. Germany, late 17th Century. Steel, wood, brass and copper wire; overall: 108.9 cm (42 7/8 in.); blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); quillions: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); grip: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1620
title: Executioner's Sword
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creation date: late 1600s
creation date earliest: 1650
creation date latest: 1699
current location: 210A Armor Court
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture: Germany, late 17th Century
technique: steel, wood, brass and copper wire
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Arms & Armor
type: Arms and Armor
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 108.9 cm (42 7/8 in.); Blade: 85.7 cm (33 3/4 in.); Quillions: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Grip: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.)
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inscription: Wan ich Das Schwerdt thu auff heben so / Wunch ich Dem armen sunder das Ewege Leben
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Armor Court Reinstallation
opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00
Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Edwin J. Brett (1828-1895), London, England
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Frank Gair Macomber, 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
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 4, 17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (209) 228
url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n192
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 129-130, E97
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n194
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page number: pp. 112, 171; cat. no. 165
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: cat. no. 142, p. 189
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IMAGES
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