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Hanger (Hunting Sword)
late 1600s
makers mark
(German, active late 1600s)
Overall: 73 cm (28 3/4 in.); Blade: 57.7 cm (22 11/16 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1629
Location: 210A Armor Court
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The swordsmith's mark, a crowned stag visible on the blade below the hilt, is unidentified.Description
Damascening, the technique of hammering gold and silver wires into grooves cut to receive them, enlivens this sword's hilt. Further texture was added with wires to improve the user's grip, which allowed him to hunt with more control and accuracy. Hunting was a popular sport among the wealthy and many nobles owned tracts of forest, but peasants were prohibited from hunting on these lands.- Charles Alexander, Baron de Cosson (1843-1929), England?-1890Raoul Richards, Rome, Italybefore 1897S.J. Whawell, Esq.?-1916Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1916-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Manchester City Art Gallery. Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor. [Manchester]: [Corporation of Manchester art gallery], 1897. p. 74, no. 273 archive.orgCatalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (98) 101 archive.orgMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), and Bashford Dean. Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor. New York, February the sixth to April the sixteenth, MCMXI.: [Gilliss Press], 1911. p. 52, no. 120, pl. XXXVIII libmma.contentdm.oclc.orgGilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 105, E46; Reproduced: Plate XXVI, E46 archive.orgCleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p. 38 archive.orgFliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 84; cat. no. 169, p. 171Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. cat. no. 153, p. 190Foschi, Pier Francesco, and Nelda Damiano. Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence. 2023. Cat. no. 20, pp. 128-130
- Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence. Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (organizer) (January 29-April 24, 2022) https://georgiamuseum.org/exhibit/wealth-and-beauty-pier-francesco-foschi-and-painting-in-renaissance-florence/.Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor, Manchester City Art Gallery, England (Closed August 2, 1897).Arms and Armor, Museum Fine Arts Boston, MA (Summer 1899)Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 6-April 16, 1911).
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