id:			97043
accession number:	1916.698
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.698
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Schiavona Broadsword, 1700s. Italy, Venice, 18th century. Steel, brass, leather and wood; overall: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.); blade: 84.4 cm (33 1/4 in.); grip: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); guard: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.698

title:				Schiavona Broadsword
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Italy, Venice, 18th century
technique:	steel, brass, leather and wood
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.); Blade: 84.4 cm (33 1/4 in.); Grip: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); Guard: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)
	opening date:   1993-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)</i>. Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995).

	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
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
This sword has what is known as a "cat's head" pommel, a spherical knob that serves as a counterweight at the opposite end of the sword from the point.

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wall description:
This broadsword or basket-hilted sword is a type that was often carried by the bodyguards of the Doge of Venice who came from the Dalmatian Coast of present-day Croatia and were then called Schavoni in Venice. The complex barred guard slopes forward and protects the hand.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour. </em>[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.
	page number: 	cat. #360
	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. 116-117, E69; Reproduced: Plate XXX, E69
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n178

	Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 130, p. 169
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 171, p. 191
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IMAGES

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