About the Artwork
Swept-hilted Rapier
19th century
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Spanish
Spanish
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Overall: 50 3/16 × 8 11/16 × 6 inches (127.5 × 22 × 15.2 cm)
Arms and Armor
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation
53.213
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, along fuller on each side of blade: MONTE EN TOLEDO [a reference to the family of the famous bladesmith Pedro del Monte].
Provenance
Until 1890, Frédéric Spitzer [1815-90] (Paris, France), 1895, sold by the Spitzer estate, (Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 10-14 June 1895, lot 255)
From 1895, (Léon Antoine Robert, Paris, France). By 1948, William Randolph Hearst [1863-1951] (New York, New York, USA)
1951, bequeathed to the William Randolph Hearst Foundation (New York, New York, USA)
1953, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Catalogue des Armes & Armures faisant partie de la Collection Spitzer. Sales cat., Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 10–14, 1895, vol. 1: p. 53, no. 255; vol. 2: pl. 18 (ill.).
Robinson, Francis W. "A Gift of Arms and Armor from the Collection of William Randolph Hearst." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 33, no. 1 (1953–1954): pp. 1-5.
Cordera, Paola. La Fabbrica del Rinascimento: Frédéric Spitzer mercante d’arte e collzionista nell'Europa delle nuove Nazioni. Bologna, 2014, p. 386.
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Spanish, Swept-hilted Rapier, 19th century. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of William Randolph Hearst Foundation, 53.213.
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