id:			95951
accession number:	1916.1686
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1686
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:11.400000

Hunting Sword, c. 1760–70. Netherlands, 18th century. Steel; pierced and chiseled cast-iron hilt ; blade engraved; overall: 65 cm (25 9/16 in.); blade: 52.9 cm (20 13/16 in.); quillions: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); grip: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1686

title:				Hunting Sword
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1760–70
creation date earliest:		1755
creation date latest:		1775
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Netherlands, 18th century
technique:	steel; pierced and chiseled cast-iron hilt ; blade engraved
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 65 cm (25 9/16 in.); Blade: 52.9 cm (20 13/16 in.); Quillions: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Grip: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	hilt chased and pierced
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inscriptions:

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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

	Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany
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	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), 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:
Besides being viewed as a recreation for European nobility and an ancient and hereditary right, hunting was recognized as a necessary and pragmatic skill which supplied an additional source of food and dispatched animals which were considered a menace.

digital description:


wall description:
No gentleman's hunting costume was complete without a hunting sword. These special sidearms, designed primarily as defense against dangerous game in the field, were also used to dispatch game at the end of a chase. It was a point of honor among aristocratic hunters to carve and section the game in the field, a further function for which these swords were well suited. They were often made as a set, or garniture, and included smaller knives, forks, and other implements for carving the carcass.
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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. (100) 103
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n452

	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. 131, E100
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n198

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 138, 171; cat. no. 175
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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. 145, p. 189
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