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Title:Sword
Date:19th century
Culture:French
Medium:Steel, bronze, gold, silver, enamel
Dimensions:L. 46 3/4 in. (118.7 cm); L. of blade 38 3/4 in. (98.5 cm); W. 7 1/4 (18.5 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 5 oz. (1502.5 g)
Classification:Swords
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1904
Accession Number:04.3.276
[Jean-Baptiste Carrand, Lyon and Paris, by 1867–d. 1871; by descent to his son, Louis]; [Louis Carrand, Lyon and Paris, 1871–at least 1878]; [Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, until d. 1890; his estate, 1890–95; Armes et Armures faisant partie de la collection Spitzer, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 10–14, 1895, no. 175, sold, for Fr. 24,500, to Dino]; Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino, Paris (1895–1904; sold to MMA).
Paris. Exposition Universelle. "Exposition Universelle de 1867," April 1, 1867–November 2, 1867, no.2165.
Darcel, Alfred. "Exposition Universelle: Galvano-plastie, Ferronerie et Damasquine." Gazette des Beaux-Arts (1867), p. 562 (our sword, described as having a pommel with enameled coat-of-arms, mentioned as being lent by M. Carrand).
Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris: Catalogue Général – Histoire du travail et monuments historiques. Vol. 1. Paris: E. Dentu, 1867.
Bonnaffé, Edmond. Le Musée Spitzer. Paris: Imprimerie de l'art, 1890. p. 30 (this piece, ex coll. Carrand, acquired from Carrand Jr. (fils) in 1886).
Gonse, Louis. L'Art gothique: l'architecture, la peinture, la sculpture, le décor. Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1890. p. 354 (ill. MMA sword, then in Spitzer collection).
Spitzer, Frédéric. "Armes et Armures." In La Collection Spitzer: Antiquité--Moyen-Âge--Renaissance. Vol. VI. Paris: Maison Quantin, 1892. p. 23, no. 101, pl. XIX.
Galerie Georges Petit. Catalogue des Armes et Armures Faisant Partie de la Collection Spitzer. Paris: Galerie Georges Petit, June 10–14 1895. lot 175 (ill. our sword, sold for 24,500 francs).
Cosson, Charles Alexander. Le Cabinet d'Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1901. p. 53, no. F.1, (our sword described, called typical of period of Charles VII), pl. 13 (ill.).
Galopin, Henry. Notes sur la Collection d'Armes Anciennes du Major Henry Galopin, Ancien Conservateur de la Salle des Armures Actuallement incorporée au Musée d'Art d'Histoire de la Ville de Genéve. Geneva: Société Anonyme des arts Graphiques, 1913. pl. 13, no. 10 (a simplified copy of our sword, apparently with nielloed silver hilt, the blade said to be more recent).
Laking, Guy Francis, and Charles Alexander Cosson. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries, edited by Francis Henry Cripps-Day. Vol. II. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920. p. 261 (our sword described), p. 262, fig. 638 (ill.).
Dean, Bashford, and Robert T. Nichol. Handbook of Arms and Armor : European and Oriental, edited by Stephen V. Grancsay. 4th ed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 1930. p. 98, fig. 55.
Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial general. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. ed. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1965. p. 748.
Hoffmeyer, Ada Bruhn de. Arms and Armour in Spain: A Short Survey. Vol. 2. Madrid: Instituto de Estudios sobre Armas Antiguas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Patronato Menéndez y Pelayo, 1981. p.188–189.
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