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Source Description
This parade sword has a steel blade with etched and gilded bands of decoration. The decoration includes allegorical figures such as dancing satyrs and nymphs, amorini or cupids, and triumphs. The pommel, the rounded knob on the end of the handle, is flat and shaped like a shield; a raised rosette further embellishes it. The quillons or two transverse projecting members forming the cross guard, are flattened and drooping toward the blade.
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Document identity
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97050
label
Parade Sword
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object
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Source metadata
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97050
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object
title
Parade Sword
description
This parade sword has a steel blade with etched and gilded bands of decoration. The decoration includes allegorical figures such as dancing satyrs and nymphs, amorini or cupids, and triumphs. The pommel, the rounded knob on the end of the handle, is flat and shaped like a shield; a raised rosette further embellishes it. The quillons or two transverse projecting members forming the cross guard, are flattened and drooping toward the blade.
date
c. 1500–1525
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60758395
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.); Blade: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Grip: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
cul
Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century
accession
1916.704
Source extras
tec
steel, etched and gilded
tombstone
Parade Sword, c. 1500–1525. Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century. Steel, etched and gilded; overall: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.); blade: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.); quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); grip: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.704
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
inscriptions
inscription
Ercole dei Fideli
didYouKnow
Ercole dei Fedeli was an Italian goldsmith and master sword engraver; his name appears on this blade.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 2, <em>16th century</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (95) 98
citation
Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin. <em>R. Zschille’sche waffensammlung.</em> Mar 21-22, 1900.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 11, lot 61; Reproduced: lot 61
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & 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. 99, E35; Reproduced: Plate XXIII, E35
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.
page_number
Reproduction: p. 37
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
cat. no. 135, p. 169
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
cat. no. 131, p. 188
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
galleryDonorText
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Armor Court
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2026-05-29 05:13:42.598000
sourceId
97050
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Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel, etched and gilded
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photo
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