About the Artwork
Calendar Sword Blade
1576
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German
German
Steel (hilt is a modern replacement)
Overall: 44 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (113 × 29.2 × 13.3 cm) Overall (blade): 35 inches (88.9 cm)
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Ralph R. Hotchkiss
56.186
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Maker's mark, on the tang
Provenance
unidentified European collector
July 27, 1950, (Sotheby & Co., London, England) Fine Armour and Weapons, lot 122
William Randolph Hearst (New York, New York, USA)
December 4, 1952, sold by (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, New York, USA) Hearst sale, European Arms & Armor of the XV - XX Century, lot 69
Ralph R. Hotchkiss (Birmingham, Michigan, USA)
1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Catalogue of Fine Armour and Weapons...including the Property of Douglas Gordon, Esq. (and others). Sales. cat., Sotheby and Co. London, 1950, p. 15, no. 122.
European Arms & Armour of the XV - XIX Century from the Collection Formed by the Late William Randolph Hearst. Sales cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries. New York, December 4, 1952, no. 69.
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German, Calendar Sword Blade, 1576, steel (hilt is a modern replacement). Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ralph R. Hotchkiss, 56.186.
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