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Source Description
An elegant rapier like this would be worn by noblemen serving as bodyguards or in the retinue of the Saxon electors.
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Document identity
localId
20792
label
Rapier
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
20792
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Rapier
description
An elegant rapier like this would be worn by noblemen serving as bodyguards or in the retinue of the Saxon electors.
provenance
Baron de Cosson (1846-1929), London, 1890 [no. 116] (?); Clements [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, November 29, 1924, no. 242; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1580-1600 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
rapiers
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
45 5/8 in. (115.89 cm) (l.)
Source extras
med
steel, braided cord
creator_ids
6211
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BAR
ARM
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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