id:			95968
accession number:	1916.1713
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1713
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:11.511000

Dagger, late 1600s. Italy, late 17th Century. Steel and ivory; overall: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); blade: 20.3 cm (8 in.); quillions: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1713

title:				Dagger
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series:				
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creation date:			late 1600s
creation date earliest:		1675
creation date latest:		1700
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, late 17th Century
technique:	steel and ivory
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); Blade: 20.3 cm (8 in.); Quillions: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 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

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

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PROVENANCE

	Brett, Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #322.
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wall description:
The carved grip of this dagger depicts the female followers of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 227, I47; Reproduced: Plate XLVI, I47
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n320

	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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