id:			95934
accession number:	1916.1657
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1657
updated:		2025-08-07 18:16:56.857000

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
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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
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culture:	Italy, late 16th - early 17th Century
technique:	steel, copper wire
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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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.)
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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

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"', 'opening_date': '1998-09-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #103.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 2, <em>16th century</em>. [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. <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. 217, I19; Reproduced: Plate XLVI, I19
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n310

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.
	page number: 	Reproduction: p. 48
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n55

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IMAGES

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