id: 95985 accession number: 1916.1723 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1723 updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:15.021000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Bow: 58.5 cm (23 1/16 in.); Butt: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany date: footnotes: citations: Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -1916 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1916- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- 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 url: 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 url: 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 url: 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 url: Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007. page number: url: LaRocca, Donald J., et al. The Armorer's Art: Essays in Honor of Stuart Pyhrr. 2014. page number: pp. 115-132 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1723/1916.1723_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1723/1916.1723_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1723/1916.1723_full.tif