id:			95956
accession number:	1916.1696
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1696
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:11.431000

Dagger, early 1600s. Italy, early 17th Century. Steel and horn (associated grip and blade); overall: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.); blade: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.); quillions: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1696

title:				Dagger
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series:				
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creation date:			early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1625
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, early 17th Century
technique:	steel and horn (associated grip and blade)
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.); Blade: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.); Quillions: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)
	opening date:   1993-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)</i>. Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995).

	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

	Count Gayeski; Brett Collection; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #119.
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wall description:
The carved grip of this dagger depicts the Old Testament story of the Sacrifice of Isaac.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 3, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (119) 122
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n32

	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. 222, I33; Reproduced: Plate XLVI, I33
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n315

	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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