Details
| Artist | Italian |
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| Title |
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| Date | mid-17th century |
| Medium | Steel |
| Dimensions | Overall: 22 × 11 1/2 × 3 inches (55.9 × 29.2 × 7.6 cm) Overall (blade): 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb |
| Accession Number | 56.121 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | Great Hall W200, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Maker's mark, on blade: [unidentified] |
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Provenance
Baron Frédéric Spitzer (Paris, France);
June 10-14, 1895, sold by (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, France) lot 286;
Baron Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild (Vienna, Austria);
(Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, New York, USA);
(Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son, York, Pennsylvania, USA);
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb;
1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
June 10-14, 1895, sold by (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, France) lot 286;
Baron Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild (Vienna, Austria);
(Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, New York, USA);
(Joe Kindig, Jr. & Son, York, Pennsylvania, USA);
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Whitcomb;
1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Catalogue des Armes et Armures Faisant Partie de la Collection Spitzer. Sales cat., Galerie Georges Petit. Paris, June 10-15, 1895, p. 31, no. 286.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles A. de Cosson, and Francis Henry Cripps-Day. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries, Vol. IV. London, 1921, p. 94.
Cordera, Paola. La Fabbrica del Rinascimento: Frédéric Spitzer mercante d’arte e collzionista nell'Europa delle nuove Nazioni. Bologna, 2014, p. 388.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles A. de Cosson, and Francis Henry Cripps-Day. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries, Vol. IV. London, 1921, p. 94.
Cordera, Paola. La Fabbrica del Rinascimento: Frédéric Spitzer mercante d’arte e collzionista nell'Europa delle nuove Nazioni. Bologna, 2014, p. 388.
