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56 artworks. Compare how artists drew it, or what it meant to them.

Style 1 17

Small Sword
France · c. 1770–80
Cleveland Museum of Art
Parade Sword
Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century · c. 1500–1525
Cleveland Museum of Art
Rapier
Germany · c. 1630–50
Cleveland Museum of Art
Pillow Sword
Italy · c. 1650
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cavalry Sword with Calendar Blade
German · mid–17th century
Art Institute of Chicago
Small Sword
England, 18th century · c. 1720–60
Cleveland Museum of Art
Composite Smallsword and Scabbard
Hilt: Flemish or Dutch; blade: French · Hilt: c. 1650/60; blade: 1750/60
Art Institute of Chicago
Small Sword
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755) · c.1750–60
Cleveland Museum of Art
Small Sword
France, Paris (?), 18th century · c. 1780
Cleveland Museum of Art
Small Sword
Germany, Passau (?), 17th century · 1640–60
Cleveland Museum of Art
Hand-and-a-Half Sword
Hilt: 19th century in mid-16th century Swiss style · Hilt: 19th century in mid–16th century Swiss style Blade: mid–16th century
Art Institute of Chicago
Dress Sword
Hilt: Portuguese or Spanish; blade: probably German · 1743
Art Institute of Chicago
Smallsword
Aubry Le Jeune (French, active 1767-1785) · 1770/80
Art Institute of Chicago
Small Sword
France · 1700s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Small Sword
Italy · c. 1730
Cleveland Museum of Art
Small Sword
Netherlands · c.1650–60
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sabre (Kriegsmesser)
German or Swiss · c. 1530/50
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 2 12

Hunting Sword
Netherlands · c. 1760–70
Cleveland Museum of Art
Hunting Hanger
Handle: German · Handle: about 1670 Crossguard and Blade: 18th century
Art Institute of Chicago
Sword (Kalis or Sundang)
Philippines, Mindanao · before 1916
Cleveland Museum of Art
Executioner's Sword
Germany, late 17th Century · late 1600s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sword
India, perhaps Deccan · 1700s–1800s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sword with scabbard
India, perhaps Deccan · 1700s–1800s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Tulwar sword
India, probably Deccan · 1700s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Two-Handed Sword
German · mid–16th century
Art Institute of Chicago
a chopping knife, sword,
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography
Sword knife hilt
1500 - 1900
Rijksmuseum
Two-Handed Sword for the Bodyguard of Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel
Northern German, Brunswick · 1573
Art Institute of Chicago
Broadsword
Hilt: German · c. 1560/1600
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 3 7

Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade
Germany, second half 16th Century · 1550–1600
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sword with Scabbard for an Officer in the Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony
Silversmith: Attributed to Urban Schneeweiss · c. 1580
Art Institute of Chicago
Sword (Kampilan)
Philippines, Mindanao · before 1916
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cup-Hilted Rapier
South Italian or Spanish · c. 1650/60
Art Institute of Chicago
Schiavona Broadsword
Italy, Venice · 1700s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lunüneburg
Germany, Brunswick, 16th century · 1574
Cleveland Museum of Art
Rapier with Extendable Handle
German · c. 1590/1600
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 4 4

Sword of Justice
German, Solingen · late 17th century
Art Institute of Chicago
Sword
Unidentified
Smithsonian
Thrusting Sword (Estoc)
German · c.1520—c.1540
Art Institute of Chicago
Composite Sword
Blade by Melchior Diefstetter · dated 1538 [at a later date]
Art Institute of Chicago

Named in the museum's description 16

The sword is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

Hand-and-a-Half Sword
Germany, mid-16th century · c. 1550
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sword
European · early 15th century
Art Institute of Chicago
Rapier and Scabbard
Probably Flemish · c. 1630
Art Institute of Chicago
Design for Hilt and Guard of a Dress Sword
1800s, 1770s
Smithsonian
Rapier
Spanish or south Italian · 1640/60
Art Institute of Chicago
Sword
European · c. 1200
Art Institute of Chicago
Hand-and-a-Half Sword
South Germany, early 16th Century · c. 1500
Cleveland Museum of Art
Two-Handed Sword
German, possibly Munich · 1580-1600
Art Institute of Chicago
Design for a Sword Hilt
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750; Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774 · 1740s, 1760s
Smithsonian
Hand-and-a-Half Sword
Germany · c.1540–80
Cleveland Museum of Art
Hanger (Hunting Sword)
Jaspar Bongen the Younger (German, active late 1600s) · late 1600s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Design for a Hilt and Guard of a Dress Sword with Alternative Suggestions
1800s, 1770s
Smithsonian
Two-Handed Sword with Scabbard
German, possibly Munich · 1580-1600
Art Institute of Chicago
Rapier
Hilt: German · 1610/30
Art Institute of Chicago
Thrusting Sword (Estoc)
German · c.1525—c.1540
Art Institute of Chicago
Rapier
Federico Picinino (Italian) · c.1625–50
Cleveland Museum of Art