id:			97042
accession number:	1916.697
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.697
updated:		2024-08-08 15:11:52.720000

Rapier, c. 1620–30. Clemens Horn (German, 1586–1617). Steel, blued and gilded; overall: 111.1 cm (43 3/4 in.); blade: 89.2 cm (35 1/8 in.); quillions: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.697

title:				Rapier
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creation date:			c. 1620–30
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1635
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, Solingen, 17th century
technique:	steel, blued and gilded
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

* Clemens Horn (German, 1586–1617)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 111.1 cm (43 3/4 in.); Blade: 89.2 cm (35 1/8 in.); Quillions: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	NEC TEMPARE NEC TIMIDE / INTER ARMA SILENT LEGE / VERITATEM DILIGE ET PUGNA PRO PATRIA
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	inscription:	Unicorn Head
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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

	Charles Alexander, Baron de Cosson (1846-1929), England
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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

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.
	page number: 	Reproduction: p. 39
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n45

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat. no. 440
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up

	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. 111, E57; Reproduced: Plate XXIX, E57
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n171

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 116, 168; cat. no. 129
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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. 176, p. 191
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