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Title:Stylet with Primer and Key
Date:1620
Culture:Italian, Brescia
Medium:Steel
Dimensions:L. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Wt. 4 oz. (113.4 g)
Classification:Daggers
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1904
Object Number:04.3.118
[Jules Boutet, Paris, until 1892; sold November 8,1892, for Fr. 230, to Ressman]; Costantino Ressman, Paris and Florence (1892–1899; sold together with thirty-three other daggers, for Fr. 37,000, to Dino); Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino, Paris (1899–1904; sold to MMA).
New York. Brooklyn Museum. "Loan Exhibition of European Arms and Armor," June 12–October 31, 1933, no. 186.
Los Angeles. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Loan Exhibition of Mediaeval and Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 15–March 18, 1953, no. 109.
San Francisco. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "Loan Exhibition of Mediaeval and Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 18–June 7, 1953, no. 109.
Pittsburgh. Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute. "Loan Exhibition of Mediaeval and Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 1953–April 1954, no. 109.
Cosson, Charles Alexander. Le Cabinet d'Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1901. p. 78, cat. no. G. 34., pl. 17.
Dean, Bashford, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Catalogue of European Arms and Armor. Hand-book (Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)), Vol. 15. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1905. p. 169, fig. 87A (ill.).
Dean, Bashford. Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords: Including the Ellis, De Dino, Riggs, and Reubell Collections. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. p. 150, no. 227, pl. L.
Dean, Bashford. Catalogue of European Daggers: Including the Ellis, De Dino, Riggs, and Reubell Collections. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. p. 150, cat. no. 227, pl. L.
Grancsay, Stephen V., and Brooklyn Museum. Loan Exhibition of European Arms and Armor. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, June–August 1933. cat. no. 186.
Grancsay, Stephen V. Loan Exhibition of Mediaeval and Renaissance Arms and Armor from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1953. p. 28, no. 109.
Girolamo Francino (Italian, Brescia, recorded 1666–1709)
ca. 1650–60
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