The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 26, 2023

Crossbow Bolt

1500s–1600s

Germany, 16th-17th century

Wood, leather, steel

Average: 37.2 cm (14 5/8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1740

Location

210A Armor Court

Fun Fact

Bolts with feathering made of leather were used mainly in the Tyrolean area, which includes northern Italy and western Austria.

Provenance
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Franz Thill, Vienna, Austria
?-1916
Frank Gair Macomber, Boston, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1916-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arms and Armor: [Exhibition] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Summer, 1899. Boston: The Museum, 1899. Cat. Nos. 77; 528
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. 173, G3; Reproduced: Plate XXXVII, G3 archive.org
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 134
Exhibition history

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1740