id:			96091
accession number:	1916.1819
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1819
updated:		2025-02-08 22:23:22.160000

Parade Halberd (from the state guard of Elector Christian I of Saxony [ 1560- 91]), 1586–91. Germany, Saxony, late 16th Century. Steel, gilt and etched; round wood haft; overall: 238.2 cm (93 3/4 in.); blade: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1819

title:				Parade Halberd (from the state guard of Elector Christian I of Saxony [ 1560- 91])
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creation date:			1586–91
creation date earliest:		1586
creation date latest:		1591
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, Saxony, late 16th Century
technique:	steel, gilt and etched; round wood haft
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 238.2 cm (93 3/4 in.); Blade: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
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	description:	etched
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs
	opening date:   1982-11-02T05:00:00
	<i>Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).

	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> Vol. 2, <em>16th century. </em>[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (57) 62
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n193

	"Halberd of the Elector of Sazony's Guard." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>9, no. 9 (November 1922): [page range].
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 157; Reproduced: P. 160
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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. 197, H52; Reproduced: Plate XLII, H52
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n287

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 128; cat. no. 115
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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. 101, p. 187
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