id: 95985
accession number: 1916.1723
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Crossbow and Cranequin of Elector Augustus I of Saxony, c. 1553–73. Germany, Saxony, 16th century. Wood (walnut?), bone veneers, flax cord, steel (etched, traces of gilding). woolen pompoms, stock decorated wih inlaid trophies of arms; bow: 58.5 cm (23 1/16 in.); butt: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1723
title: Crossbow and Cranequin of Elector Augustus I of Saxony
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creation date: c. 1553–73
creation date earliest: 1548
creation date latest: 1578
current location: 210A Armor Court
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture: Germany, Saxony, 16th century
technique: wood (walnut?), bone veneers, flax cord, steel (etched, traces of gilding). woolen pompoms, stock decorated wih inlaid trophies of arms
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Arms & Armor
type: Arms and Armor
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measurements: Bow: 58.5 cm (23 1/16 in.); Butt: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs
opening date: 1982-11-02T05:00:00
Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
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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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arms and Armor: [Exhibition] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Summer, 1899. Boston: The Museum, 1899.
page number: Cat. No. 277
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Forrer, Robert. Die Waffensammlung des Herrn Stadtrath Rich. Zschille in Grossenhain (Sachsen). 1900.
page number: Mentioned: p. 27, cat. no. 1026a
url: https://archive.org/details/ForrerZschille1/page/n33
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 175-176, G9; Reproduced: Plate XXXVIII, G9
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n252
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 134-137
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Fliegel Stephen N., "The Armor Court", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 38 no. 07, September 1998
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1998-07/page/6
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned: P. 192, cat. no. 205
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: cat. 113, p. 296, 297
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Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007.
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LaRocca, Donald J., et al. The Armorer's Art: Essays in Honor of Stuart Pyhrr. 2014.
page number: pp. 115-132
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