id: 97040 accession number: 1916.695 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.695 updated: 2023-03-03 07:01:17.430000 Rapier, c.1625–50. Federico Picinino (Italian). Steel; hilt russeted; wire grip; overall: 144.8 cm (57 in.); quillions: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.695 title: Rapier title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c.1625–50 creation date earliest: 1620 creation date latest: 1655 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Italy, Milan, 17th century technique: steel; hilt russeted; wire grip department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Federico Picinino (Italian) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 144.8 cm (57 in.); Quillions: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: on ricasso: Federico Picinino translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation" --- PROVENANCE Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #83. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The rapier was a sword worn with civilian dress and used in duels. The term rapier derives from the 16th-century French word rapière, which in turn was derived from the Spanish espada ropera, or “dress sword.” The rapier was a light weapon with a straight double-edged and pointed blade that, with the development of the art of fencing in the 1500s and 1600s, gradually became narrower and lighter, and thus suitable for thrusts only. With the new technique of swordplay emphasizing the point of the blade, sword guards became more complex to protect the duelist’s unarmored hand. These elaborate guards were frequently decorated by various techniques—chiseling, bluing, russeting, and damascening. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (83) 85 url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n337 Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. page number: Mentioned: p. 110, E56; Reproduced: Plate XXIX, E56 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n170 Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. page number: Reproduction: p. 39 url: https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n45 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.695/1916.695_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.695/1916.695_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.695/1916.695_full.tif