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Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Partisan

Partisan

c. 1650
steel; round wood haft
Blade: 33 cm (13 in.); Haft: 100.5 cm (39 9/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.31
Location: 210A Armor Court

Did You Know?

The ceremonial use of staff weapons continues to this day by the Swiss Guards at the Vatican.

Description

The partisan, a staff weapon with a symmetrical head, was carried by infantry officers and members of princely bodyguards during the 1600s and 1700s.
  • -1916
    Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 167, cat. no. 95
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. p. 188, cat. no. 118
    Catalogue of Arms and Armour. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900. No. 366
    Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mention: p. 205, H74; Reproduced: Plate XLIV, H74 archive.org
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
  • {{cite web|title=Partisan|url=false|author=|year=c. 1650|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.31