id:			95992
accession number:	1916.1729
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1729
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:15.064000

Crossbow, early 1600s. Germany, early 17th Century. Wood, stag horn, flax cord and steel; overall: 63.5 cm (25 in.); bow: 60.2 cm (23 11/16 in.); butt: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1729

title:				Crossbow
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creation date:			early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1625
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, early 17th Century
technique:	wood, stag horn, flax cord and steel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 63.5 cm (25 in.); Bow: 60.2 cm (23 11/16 in.); Butt: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)
	opening date:   1993-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)</i>. Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995).

	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

	Thill Collection; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #75.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> Vol. 2, <em>16th century. </em>[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (75) 77
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n284

	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. 175, G8; Reproduced: Plate XXXVIII, G8
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n252

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