id:			96061
accession number:	1916.1802
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1802
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:15.406000

Corsèque (Chauve-Souris), c. 1530. North Italy, 16th century. Steel; round wood haft with leather straps; overall: 183.5 cm (72 1/4 in.); blade: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1802

title:				Corsèque (Chauve-Souris)
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creation date:			c. 1530
creation date earliest:		1525
creation date latest:		1535
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	North Italy, 16th century
technique:	steel; round wood haft with leather straps
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 183.5 cm (72 1/4 in.); Blade: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 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

	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

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat. no. 367
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	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. 187, H20
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n271

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 127, 168; cat. no. 113
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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. 109, p. 187
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	Dobson, Chris. <em>Beaten Black and Blue: The Myth of the Medieval Knight in Shining Armour</em>. Sant'Albano Stura, Italy: Chris Dobson, 2023.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 61,  fig. 63
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IMAGES

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