id:			95981
accession number:	1916.1715
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1715
updated:		2023-12-08 21:46:40.214000

Sword, c.1550. Italy, 16th century. Steel, hilt russetted, leather grip; overall: 100 cm (39 3/8 in.); blade: 87 cm (34 1/4 in.); quillions: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.); grip: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1715

title:				Sword
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creation date:			c.1550
creation date earliest:		1545
creation date latest:		1555
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	steel, hilt russetted, leather grip
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 100 cm (39 3/8 in.); Blade: 87 cm (34 1/4 in.); Quillions: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.); Grip: 11.5 cm (4 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

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Alexander, Baron de Cosson (1843-1929), England
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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Catalogue of Arms and Armour. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat. #446
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	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. 94, E24; Reproduced: Plate XXIII, E24
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n141

	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. 37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n43

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 182, p. 171
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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. 130, p. 188
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1715/1916.1715_full.tif