The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 5, 2023

Hunting Sword

c. 1630

Clemens Willems

(German)

Germany, Solingen, 17th century

Steel and wood, scroll ornaments

Support: Scroll ornaments

Overall: 84.5 cm (33 1/4 in.); Blade: 71.2 cm (28 1/16 in.); Grip: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); Hilt: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1626

Location

210A Armor Court

Inscriptions

Inscription

inscribed on blade: CLEMENS WILLEMS/ FECIT SOLINGEN

Provenance
Londesborough; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #337.
Citations
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: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 124, E85 archive.org
Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1626