id:			100206
accession number:	1919.71
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.71
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:32.066000

Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade, 1550–1600. Germany, second half 16th Century. Steel, leather and wood grip with brass rivets; bronze pommel; overall: 168.9 cm (66 1/2 in.); blade: 118.7 cm (46 3/4 in.); quillions: 50.5 cm (19 7/8 in.); grip: 49.2 cm (19 3/8 in.); ricasso: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.71

title:				Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade
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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 16th Century
technique:	steel, leather and wood grip with brass rivets; bronze pommel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 168.9 cm (66 1/2 in.); Blade: 118.7 cm (46 3/4 in.); Quillions: 50.5 cm (19 7/8 in.); Grip: 49.2 cm (19 3/8 in.); Ricasso: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 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

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"', 'opening_date': '1998-09-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; Theodore Offerman; (sale February 1919); cat.# 434.
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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. 98-99, E33; Reproduced: Plate XXIV, E33
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n150

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