The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Partisan
c. 1650
Blade: 33 cm (13 in.); Haft: 100.5 cm (39 9/16 in.)
Location: 210A Armor Court
Did You Know?
The ceremonial use of staff weapons continues to this day by the Swiss Guards at the Vatican.Description
The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s.- -1916Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1916-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 167, cat. no. 95Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. p. 188, cat. no. 118Catalogue of Arms and Armour. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900. No. 366Gilchrist, 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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mention: p. 205, H74; Reproduced: Plate XLIV, H74 archive.org
- Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.31