id:			97039
accession number:	1916.693
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.693
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:19.369000

Schiavona Broadsword, early 1700s. Italy, Venice, early 18th Century. Steel, leather, wood, brass; overall: 109.9 cm (43 1/4 in.); blade: 94 cm (37 in.); grip: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.); guard: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.693

title:				Schiavona Broadsword
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creation date:			early 1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1725
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Italy, Venice, early 18th Century
technique:	steel, leather, wood, brass
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 109.9 cm (43 1/4 in.); Blade: 94 cm (37 in.); Grip: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.); Guard: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	blade inscribed: POTZDAM
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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (93) 96
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n407

	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. 106, E48
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n162

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 126, p. 168
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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. 169, p. 191
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