id:			97048
accession number:	1916.702
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.702
updated:		2023-12-01 07:46:27.091000

Rapier, c. 1600. Germany, Solingen, early 17th Century. Russeted and gilded steel with inlaid silver, pommel and quillons termini chiseled in form of warrior heads; overall: 125.4 cm (49 3/8 in.); blade: 111 cm (43 11/16 in.); quillions: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); grip: 12.7 cm (5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.702

title:				Rapier
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1600
creation date earliest:		1595
creation date latest:		1605
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Germany, Solingen, early 17th Century
technique:	Russeted and gilded steel with inlaid silver, pommel and quillons termini chiseled in form of warrior heads
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: Overall: 125.4 cm (49 3/8 in.); Blade: 111 cm (43 11/16 in.); Quillions: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Grip: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	pommel chiseled
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	PETTHERR / WIRSBERGH
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	remark:		

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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

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #92.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. <em>Armes &amp; Armures</em>. June 10-14, 1895. Lot 244.
	page number: 	Mentioned: vol. I, p. 51, lot 244; Reproduced: vol. II, p. [18], lot 244
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SpitzerV1/page/n59

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour.</em> Vol. 2, <em>16th century. </em>[Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (92) 94
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n395

	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. 113-114, E63; Reproduced: Plate XXIX, E63
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n173

	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

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