id: 95934 accession number: 1916.1657 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1657 updated: 2022-01-04 14:38:52.260000 Parrying Dagger, c. 1580–1610. Italy, late 16th - early 17th Century. Steel, copper wire; overall: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.); blade: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); quillions: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1657 title: Parrying Dagger title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1580–1610 creation date earliest: 1575 creation date latest: 1615 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Italy, late 16th - early 17th Century technique: steel, copper wire department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in.); Blade: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); Quillions: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation" --- PROVENANCE Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #103. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The perforations within the blade were meant to provide elasticity, preventing it from snapping during vigorous parries. The serrations were arranged not for producing an unpleasant wound, but to "catch" the adversary's blade. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (103) 106 url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n470 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. 217, I19; Reproduced: Plate XLVI, I19 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n310 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. page number: Reproduction: p. 48 url: https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n55 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1657/1916.1657_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1657/1916.1657_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1657/1916.1657_full.tif