id:			100171
accession number:	1919.68
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.68
updated:		2023-12-08 11:46:47.782000

Two-Handed Sword, 1550–1600. Germany, second half of 16th Century. Steel; leather and wood grip, cloth-covered middle; overall: 191.5 cm (75 3/8 in.); blade: 144.8 cm (57 in.); quillions: 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in.); grip: 40.7 cm (16 in.); ricasso: 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.68

title:				Two-Handed Sword
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creation date:			1550–1600
creation date earliest:		1550
creation date latest:		1599
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Germany, second half of 16th Century
technique:	steel; leather and wood grip, cloth-covered middle
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 191.5 cm (75 3/8 in.); Blade: 144.8 cm (57 in.); Quillions: 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in.); Grip: 40.7 cm (16 in.); Ricasso: 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.)
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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

	Purchased at Offerman Sale; February 1919; cat. #423.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 104, E45
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n160

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