Hunting Cleaver and Scabbard Of Ernst August II Constantin, Duke of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1737-1758), 1755/58
Brass, steel with gilding, horn, wood, leather, fabric
Cleaver: Overall length: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Blade length: 9 7/8 in. (25 cm)
Weight: 2 lbs.
Cleaver in scabbard weight: 2 lbs. 2 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2126a-b
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 93 (ill.)