id: 96054
accession number: 1916.1789
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Parade Spear, c. 1570–1600. Germany, Augsburg?, 16th century. Steel, etched; brass lugs; hexagonal wood haft with leather straps; woolen tassel; overall: 208.2 cm (81 15/16 in.); blade: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1789
title: Parade Spear
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creation date: c. 1570–1600
creation date earliest: 1565
creation date latest: 1605
current location: 210A Armor Court
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture: Germany, Augsburg?, 16th century
technique: steel, etched; brass lugs; hexagonal wood haft with leather straps; woolen tassel
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Arms & Armor
type: Arms and Armor
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 208.2 cm (81 15/16 in.); Blade: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Armor Court Reinstallation
opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00
Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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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fun fact:
The Habsburg coat of arms, seen here, features a double-headed eagle.
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wall description:
This weapon is etched with the imperial Habsburg arms on one face and the Burgundian stave cross of St. Andrew on the other. In the 1500s, parade spears of this type became part of the insignia of infantry and light cavalry officers in the imperial army. In 1548 Titian painted an equestrian portrait of Emperor Charles V holding such a spear. At his abdication in 1556, Charles split the Habsburg inheritance between his son, Philip II of Spain, who was awarded control of Burgundy, and his brother, Frederick, who received the imperial title and the family's central European lands. This spear probably belongs to this later period and its purpose was likely ceremonial.
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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. no. 307
url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up
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: p. 193, H39; Reproduced: Plate XLII, H39
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n281
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page number: pp. 129, 167; cat. no. 109
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Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: cat. no. 113, p. 187
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IMAGES
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