The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 4, 2023

Rapier

c. 1600

Germany, Solingen, early 17th Century

Russeted and gilded steel with inlaid silver, pommel and quillons termini chiseled in form of warrior heads

Support: Pommel chiseled

Overall: 125.4 cm (49 3/8 in.); Blade: 111 cm (43 11/16 in.); Quillions: 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Grip: 12.7 cm (5 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.702

Location

210A Armor Court

Inscriptions

Inscription

PETTHERR / WIRSBERGH

Provenance
Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #92.
Citations
Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. Armes & Armures. June 10-14, 1895. Lot 244. Mentioned: vol. I, p. 51, lot 244; Reproduced: vol. II, p. [18], lot 244 archive.org
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (92) 94 archive.org
Gilchrist, 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. 113-114, E63; Reproduced: Plate XXIX, E63 archive.org
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p. 39 archive.org
Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.702