id:			96562
accession number:	1916.31
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.31
updated:		2023-08-23 18:12:47.407000

Partisan, c. 1650. France, 17th century. Steel; round wood haft; blade: 33 cm (13 in.); haft: 100.5 cm (39 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.31

title:				Partisan
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series:				
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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:	France, 17th century
technique:	steel; round wood haft
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Blade: 33 cm (13 in.); Haft: 100.5 cm (39 9/16 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

	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 ceremonial use of staff weapons continues to this day by the Swiss Guards at the Vatican.

digital description:
The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 167, cat. no. 95
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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: 	p. 188, cat. no. 118
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	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	No. 366
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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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mention: p. 205, H74; Reproduced: Plate XLIV, H74
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n295

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IMAGES

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