id:			96075
accession number:	1916.1811
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1811
updated:		2025-02-08 22:23:18.571000

Rapier, c. 1650. Spain, 17th century. Steel, pierced and chiseled, leather and wood grip; diameter: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); overall: 105.6 cm (41 9/16 in.); blade: 99.5 cm (39 3/16 in.); quillions: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1811

title:				Rapier
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creation date:			c. 1650
creation date earliest:		1645
creation date latest:		1655
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Spain, 17th century
technique:	steel, pierced and chiseled, leather and wood grip
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); Overall: 105.6 cm (41 9/16 in.); Blade: 99.5 cm (39 3/16 in.); Quillions: 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.)
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	description:	chased and pierced
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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

	Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848), Goodrich, Herefordshire, England
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	James Gurney, England
	date: ?-1898
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	(Sale: Christie, Manson & Woods, London. Choice collection of works of art, mostly of the XVth, XVIth and XVIIth centuries. Mar 8-12, 1898. Lot 242.)
	date: 1898
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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

	Christie, Manson &amp; Woods, London. <em>Choice collection of works of art, mostly of the XVth, XVIth and XVIIth centuries</em>. Mar 8-12, 1898. Lot 242.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 30, lot 242
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Gurney/page/n34

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 4, <em>17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (228) 248
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n319

	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. 119-120, E75; Reproduced: Plate XXXI, E75
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n181

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 113, 172, cat. no. 186
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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. 179, p. 191
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