id:			95988
accession number:	1916.1725
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1725
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:15.040000

Crossbow, c. 1460–70. Germany, 15th century. Wood (walnut?) inlaid with bone; horn; iron and steel; composite bow (horn and parchment); overall: 87 cm (34 1/4 in.); bow: 74.5 cm (29 5/16 in.); butt: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1725

title:				Crossbow
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creation date:			c. 1460–70
creation date earliest:		1455
creation date latest:		1475
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, 15th century
technique:	wood (walnut?) inlaid with bone; horn; iron and steel; composite bow (horn and parchment)
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 87 cm (34 1/4 in.); Bow: 74.5 cm (29 5/16 in.); Butt: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 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

	Franz Thille, Vienna, Austria
	date: ?
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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

	id: 		96360
	Cranequin, c. 1480–1500. France(?). Steel and brass; incised decoration; pierced traceried Gothic windows; rack: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); crank: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.); gear housing: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.2082
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CITATIONS

	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.<em> Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arms and Armor</em>: [Exhibition] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Summer, 1899. Boston: The Museum, 1899.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 509
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	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. 173, G1; Reproduced: Plate XXXVII, G1
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n248

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 204, p. 173
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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. 204, p. 192
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