Hanger (Hunting Sword)
late 1600s
Jaspar Bongen the Younger
Jaspar Bongen the Younger (German, active late 1600s)
Medieval Art
Hanger (Hunting Sword), late 1600s. Jaspar Bongen the Younger (German, active late 1600s). Steel; gold and silver damascened hilt; overall: 73 cm (28 3/4 in.); blade: 57.7 cm (22 11/16 in.); quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1629 The swordsmith's mark, a crowned stag visible on the blade below the hilt, is unidentified.
- Maker/Artist
- Jaspar Bongen the Younger
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- steel; gold and silver damascened hilt
- Medium
- steel, gold, silver, damascened, hilt
- Dimensions
- Overall: 73 cm (28 3/4 in.); Blade: 57.7 cm (22 11/16 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: "1553" (Presumed to be a commemorative date)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1916.1629
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Armor Court Reinstallation, Wealth and Beauty: Pier Francesco Foschi and Painting in Renaissance Florence, <em>Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor</em>, Manchester City Art Gallery, England (Closed August 2, 1897)., <em>Loan Exhibition of Arms and Armor, </em>Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 6-April 16, 1911)., <em>Arms and Armor, </em>Museum Fine Arts Boston, MA (Summer 1899)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 210A Armor Court
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