id:			95927
accession number:	1916.1646
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1646
updated:		2021-09-09 09:00:19.976000

Closed Sallet with Grotesque Face (Schembart visor), c. 1500. Germany, Nuremberg, early 16th Century. Painted steel; overall: 27.3 x 25.7 x 22.2 cm (10 3/4 x 10 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1646

title:				Closed Sallet with Grotesque Face (Schembart visor)
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creation date:			c. 1500
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1505
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, Nuremberg, early 16th Century
technique:	painted steel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 27.3 x 25.7 x 22.2 cm (10 3/4 x 10 1/8 x 8 3/4 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

	Thill; Vienna
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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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fun fact: 
Masked revelers at the <em>Schembartlaufen </em>of Nuremberg enjoyed food, drink, music, and dancing until coming to an abrupt end in 1539 due to the objections of a preacher.

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wall description: 
A small number of similar painted helmets survive today. All appear to date to the early 1500s. The visors of these helmets are usually in the form of fiercely grimacing human or animal faces, known as Schembart visors after the masked revelers in the Schembartlaufen, the medieval Shrovetide parades. The city of Nuremberg was particularly famous for its Shrovetide parades that were often held in conjunction with a tournament in which the younger members of the city's patrician families, presumably sporting such helmets, participated.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> 1900.
	page number: 	no. 524
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1

	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. 45, B12; Reproduced: Plate X, B12
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n62

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 52, p. 165
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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. 65, p. 185
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IMAGES

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