id:			97050
accession number:	1916.704
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.704
updated:		2023-08-23 18:15:43.996000

Parade Sword, c. 1500–1525. Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century. Steel, etched and gilded; overall: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.); blade: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.); quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); grip: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.704

title:				Parade Sword
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1500–1525
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1530
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century
technique:	steel, etched and gilded
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: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.); Blade: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Grip: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	Ercole dei Fideli
	translation:	
	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

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PROVENANCE

	Richard Zschille (1847-1903), Leipzig, Germany
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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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fun fact:
Ercole dei Fedeli was an Italian goldsmith and master sword engraver; his name appears on this blade.

digital description:
This parade sword has a steel blade with etched and gilded bands of decoration. The decoration includes allegorical figures such as dancing satyrs and nymphs, amorini or cupids, and triumphs. The pommel, the rounded knob on the end of the handle, is flat and shaped like a shield; a raised rosette further embellishes it. The quillons or two transverse projecting members forming the cross guard, are flattened and drooping toward the blade.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<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. (95) 98
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour2_201602/page/n421

	Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin. <em>R. Zschille’sche waffensammlung.</em> Mar 21-22, 1900.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 11, lot 61; Reproduced: lot 61
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Zschille/page/n17

	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. 99, E35; Reproduced: Plate XXIII, E35
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n153

	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. 37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n43

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 135, p. 169
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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. 131, p. 188
	url:		

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IMAGES

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