id: 95910
accession number: 1916.1622
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1622
updated: 2025-02-08 22:22:08.861000
Sword (Laughing Head in Grotesque Hat for Hilt), 1600s. Italy, 17th century. Steel and bronze; overall: 89.5 cm (35 1/4 in.); hilt: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1622
title: Sword (Laughing Head in Grotesque Hat for Hilt)
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creation date: 1600s
creation date earliest: 1600
creation date latest: 1699
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture: Italy, 17th century
technique: steel and bronze
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Arms & Armor
type: Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 89.5 cm (35 1/4 in.); Hilt: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #94.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (94) 97
url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n412
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: p. 117, E70
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n178
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