id:			102584
accession number:	1921.1250
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1250
updated:		2025-08-07 18:59:06.710000

Body Guard (Brigandine), c. 1500–1525. Italy (?), early 16th Century. Linen; gold velvet; steel; brass ; overall: 56.5 x 47.6 cm (22 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1921.1250

title:				Body Guard (Brigandine)
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creation date:			c. 1500–1525
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1530
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Italy (?), early 16th Century
technique:	linen; gold velvet; steel; brass 
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 56.5 x 47.6 cm (22 1/4 x 18 3/4 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

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PROVENANCE

	Sale: American Art Association, New York, NY, Nov. 18-19, 1921
	date: 1921
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1921-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	American Art Association. <em>An Important Collection of Ancient Arms and Armor. </em>1921.
	page number: 	cat. no. 236
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	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. 66, C14; Reproduced: Plate XIV, C14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n94

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1948.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 22
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n29

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 39, p. 164
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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. 15, p. 183
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	Dobson, Chris. <em>Beaten Black and Blue: The Myth of the Medieval Knight in Shining Armour</em>. Sant'Albano Stura, Italy: Chris Dobson, 2023.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 62, fig. 64
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	Dobson, Christopher. <em>Alla Tedesca? :</em> <em>Italian ‘Gothic’ Armour and the Export Trade</em>. Sant’Albano Stura, Italy: Christopher Dobson, 2024.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 109, fig. 110
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IMAGES

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