id:			102586
accession number:	1921.1253
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1253
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:42.190000

Hand-and-a-Half Sword, c. 1500. South Germany, early 16th Century. Steel, wood, leather; quillions and spirally fluted pommel of blackened steel; overall: 117.5 cm (46 1/4 in.); blade: 90.2 cm (35 1/2 in.); quillions: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.); grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1921.1253

title:				Hand-and-a-Half Sword
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1500
creation date earliest:		1495
creation date latest:		1505
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	South Germany, early 16th Century
technique:	steel, wood, leather; quillions and spirally fluted pommel of blackened steel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 117.5 cm (46 1/4 in.); Blade: 90.2 cm (35 1/2 in.); Quillions: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.); Grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
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	description:	quillions and spirally fluted pommel of blackened steel
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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

	American Art Association (sale, November 1921);  cat.# 244.
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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. 92, E20
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n138

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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1253/1921.1253_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1253/1921.1253_full.tif