id:			122298
accession number:	1942.605
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.605
updated:		2025-09-09 11:31:24.520000

Armoire, 1579. Style of Hugues Sambin (French, 1518–c. 1601). Walnut; overall: 219.5 x 161.6 x 56.2 cm (86 7/16 x 63 5/8 x 22 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.605

title:				Armoire
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creation date:			1579
creation date earliest:		1579
creation date latest:		1579
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creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	France, Burgundy, 16th century
technique:	walnut
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Hugues Sambin (French, 1518–c. 1601)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 219.5 x 161.6 x 56.2 cm (86 7/16 x 63 5/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	in the upper portion, below the central figure of Mars:  "Mars le gerrier sous sa main tout enserre" (Mars the warrior controls all in the palm of his hand); to the left, below the figure of Force:  "Force et vigueur en tout cas aura" (Force and vigor prevail at all times); to the right, below the figure of Justice:  "A un chacun justiss en son droict" (Justice is the right of everyone).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
	opening date:   1942-11-12T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Spitzer Collection; Collection of Montague, First Lord Swaythling; John L. Severance, Cleveland.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Furniture, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 201-205; Reproduced: p. 207
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceFurniture/page/n200/mode/1up

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. [33], Plate XV, cat. no. 50; Mention: p. 36, cat. no. 50
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n40

	Milliken, William M., Gertrude Underhill, and Jean Mailey. "Department of Decorative Arts." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 137-151.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 137; Mentioned: p. 141
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141017

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