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'Les Petit Cavaliers' after a painting attributed to Vélasquez; Édouard Manet

Title
'Les Petit Cavaliers' after a painting attributed to Vélasquez
Artist
Édouard Manet
Artist Life Dates
1832-1883
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1862
Accession Number
1985/1.191
Medium and Support
etching, drypoint, roulette, and aquatint, printed in brown ink on paper
Primary Keywords
figures
groups
hats
males
swords

Arashi Rikan [I or II] in a samurai role; Toyokawa Yoshikuni

Title
Arashi Rikan [I or II] in a samurai role
Artist
Toyokawa Yoshikuni
Artist Life Dates
(active 1803 - 1840, Osaka)
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1810-1837
Accession Number
2002/2.357
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Primary Keywords
actors
samurai
swords

Battle Between the Christians and the Saracens, a scene from Torquato Tasso, "La Gerusalemme Liberata"; Laurent de La Hyre

Title
Battle Between the Christians and the Saracens, a scene from Torquato Tasso, "La Gerusalemme Liberata"
Artist
Laurent de La Hyre
Artist Life Dates
1606-1656
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1970/2.87
Medium and Support
black and white chalk on brown paper, laid down
Primary Keywords
battle
chariots
death
soldiers
spear
swords
wheel

Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians; Agostino di Musi

Title
Battle of the Romans under Scipio against the Carthaginians
Artist
Agostino di Musi
Physical Description
A group of men wage battle against each other in a rocky landscape. Some of the men wear ancient Roman armor while others are only partially clothed. The combatants wield spears and swords, and some are on horseback. The mounted soldier in the center of the scene holds a large banner. A burning city is visible in the distance.
Artist Life Dates
(Venice, 1490 - 1540)
Century
16th century
Object Creation Date
after 1531
Accession Number
1976/1.211
Medium and Support
engraving on paper
Primary Keywords
armor (protective wear)
battles
corpses
engravings
horses
rocks
spears (weapons)
swords

Battle Scene; Michelangelo Cerquozzi

Title
Battle Scene
Artist
Michelangelo Cerquozzi
Artist Life Dates
1602-1660
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1970/2.79
Medium and Support
pen, brown ink and gray wash on buff paper, laid down
Primary Keywords
battle
death
hills
horses
soldiers
swords

Battle Scene; Raymond Lafage

Title
Battle Scene
Artist
Raymond Lafage
Artist Life Dates
1656-1684
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
17th century
Accession Number
1966/2.35
Medium and Support
pen and Chinese ink wash on coated vellum
Primary Keywords
armor
battle
bridges
horses
soldiers
swords

Ceremonial Sword; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti

Title
Ceremonial Sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Ashanti
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1998/1.88
Medium and Support
metal blade with wood pomel overlaid with brass and wrought iron shaft
Primary Keywords
ceremonial swords
metalwork
swords

Classical scene (Achilles and Hector?); Anonymous

Title
Classical scene (Achilles and Hector?)
Artist
Anonymous
Physical Description
This black and white drawing depicts an outdoor classical scene. In the center of the composition a nude male figure donning an ornate helmet and brandishing a sword drags a lifeless classically draped figure before an altar on the left on top of which rests armor, a helmet and drapery. Behind this altar is positioned another draped male figure. A fully draped figure points toward two mourning female figures in the right midground. The paper is squared for transfer.
Object Creation Date
circa 1770-1800
Accession Number
2012/2.204
Medium and Support
pen and ink over graphite, heightened with black and white chalk over Stylus (?) on medium buff wove paper, squared for transfer
Primary Keywords
classical
nudes
swords

Dévastation d'un monastère, No. 6 of Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre; Jacques Callot

Title
Dévastation d'un monastère, No. 6 of Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre
Artist
Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates
1592/3-1635
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1633
Accession Number
1977/1.174
Medium and Support
etching on paper
Primary Keywords
arches
buildings
cart
death
fire
horses
soldiers
swords
trees
war
weaponry
weapons

El rey godo (No. 7 of a set of 10 prints); José Ortega

Title
El rey godo (No. 7 of a set of 10 prints)
Artist
José Ortega
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1950-1953
Accession Number
1954/1.63
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Primary Keywords
seated
swords

Female Buddhist Deity?; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Female Buddhist Deity?
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
14th-15th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1350-1450
Accession Number
1961/2.54
Medium and Support
wall painting (fragment): ink and color on plaster
Primary Keywords
buddhism
dragons
flames
goddesses
mural painting
swords

Figure and Animal Studies; Katsushika Hokusai; Follower of

Title
Figure and Animal Studies
Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Physical Description
The artist sketches two men whispering to each other on the left-hand side of the drawing. Both of them have swords tucked into their belt, and the man on the left carries his belongings in a wrapping cloth (furoshiki). There are also sketches of several animals facing different directions. On the right-hand edge, there is a upside-down sketch of a woman dressed in kimono.
Artist Life Dates
1760-1849
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
mid 19th century
Accession Number
1969/2.140
Medium and Support
ink on paper
Primary Keywords
figures (representations)
kimono
men
swords
weapons
woman

Fragment of a gaming piece with male slaying beast, possibly Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, zigzag pattern with incised circles in border; Samson Carver, Pricked-Ivories Workshop, Cologne, Germany

Title
Fragment of a gaming piece with male slaying beast, possibly Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, zigzag pattern with incised circles in border
Artist
Samson Carver, Pricked-Ivories Workshop, Cologne, Germany
Physical Description
Fragment of circular gaming piece carved in elephant ivory in high relief. Standing male figure wearing knee-length robe holds sword in right hand and stabs inverted beast in the chest. Forelegs of beast end in hooves; head of beast characterized by large eye and pronounced nostril. Left arm of figure and rear half of the beast missing. Border contains zigzag pattern with bead motif.
Century
12th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1150
Accession Number
1987/1.262
Medium and Support
elephant ivory
Primary Keywords
boars
fighting
game pieces
high relief
ivory
swords

Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of an undecorated, double-bladed royal sword.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.468
Medium and Support
brass
Primary Keywords
ceremonial swords
court swords
ghana (nation)

Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed royal sword, with incisions and a small ball along the shaft.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.505
Medium and Support
brass
Primary Keywords
ceremonial swords
ghana (nation)

Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a double-bladed sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
A goldweight in the shape of a double-blade sword, with open-worked blades, three cones decorating the top of the blades, and an elaborately worked handle with two balls with incised, spiral stripes and small protrusions around.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.513
Medium and Support
brass
Primary Keywords
ceremonial swords
ghana (nation)

Goldweight in the shape of a sword; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a single-bladed, smooth sword, undecorated except for the small ball at the top of the handle.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.514
Medium and Support
brass
Primary Keywords
ceremonial swords
ghana (nation)

Goldweight in the shape of a sword with sheath; Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire

Title
Goldweight in the shape of a sword with sheath
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
Physical Description
Goldweight in the shape of a sword with a smooth handle, covered by a sheath decorated in a pattern of small "bubbles."
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1900-1985
Accession Number
1997/1.515
Medium and Support
brass
Primary Keywords
ceremonial swords
ghana (nation)
sheaths

Hiroshima Series; Jacob Lawrence

Title
Hiroshima Series
Artist
Jacob Lawrence
Artist Life Dates
1917 - 2000
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1983
Accession Number
1997/1.533.1
Medium and Support
screenprint, printed in eleven colors on Somerset soft-white paper
Primary Keywords
abstraction
figures
skulls (skeleton components)
swords

No. 6 of the series of 12 prints;; Artist Unknown, China

Title
No. 6 of the series of 12 prints;
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
1788-89, Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)
Accession Number
1956/1.82
Medium and Support
engraving on paper
Primary Keywords
battle
cliffs
groups
road
samurai
seas
seascapes
soldiers
spears
swords
trees
war
warriors
water
weapon

Noh Dancer as Empress Jingû with a Trout; Yamawaki Tôki

Title
Noh Dancer as Empress Jingû with a Trout
Artist
Yamawaki Tôki
Physical Description
An masked Noh actor dressed as Empress Jingû is holds a catch of a river trout on a pole. The actor wears a brocade kimono with a floral scroll design, tucked into a stiffly starched pair of brocade trousers. His cloak is a green gauze silk with woven gold phoenix designs.
Artist Life Dates
1777-1839
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1831
Accession Number
1983/1.397
Medium and Support
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Primary Keywords
actor
fish
hanging scrolls
masks (costume)
poles
standing
swords

Oban Triptych (Left Side) Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sakuramaru (??) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami; Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title
Oban Triptych (Left Side) Iwai Kumesaburô III as Sakuramaru (??) in the play Sugawara denju tenarai kagami
Artist
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Physical Description
A woodblock print of a figure hunched over holding swords. The figure's right arm is raised and feet are pointing in opposite directions. A purple robe with a white diamond pattern, trimmed in black, covers the lower portion of the figure. Red sleeves with a repeating flower pattern (pink with green centers) are center. A mat, light blue trim with black floral design, is towards the bottom right (to the figures left).
Artist Life Dates
1797 - 1861
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
1849-1853
Accession Number
2011/2.199.1
Medium and Support
woodblock print on paper
Primary Keywords
japanese
swords
woodblock prints

Ogura-sen Hyakunin Isshu: Murasaki Shikibu (Kano'en Gundaiyu? and Isamu Rokichirô?, two Samurai of Aizu); Andô Hiroshige III

Title
Ogura-sen Hyakunin Isshu: Murasaki Shikibu (Kano'en Gundaiyu? and Isamu Rokichirô?, two Samurai of Aizu)
Artist
Andô Hiroshige III
Physical Description
According to the colophon, the figures depicted in the lower part of the print are two samurai of Aizu; the large figure in the front is Isamu Sôkichirô, who has challenged the figure in the rear, Rokuya Ongun Taiyu, to a vendetta.
Artist Life Dates
1843-1894
Century
19th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1843-1846
Accession Number
1987/1.370
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
samurais
swords
weapons

Portrait of Raja Sidhu, Sen of Mandi; Artist Unknown India, Mandi, Himechal Predesh

Title
Portrait of Raja Sidhu, Sen of Mandi
Artist
Artist Unknown India, Mandi, Himechal Predesh
Physical Description
A man sits on a striped surface with his legs crossed under his red clothing. He wears a white sash across his right shoulder and a red hat. In his hands he holds a sheathed sword.
Object Creation Date
circa 1750
Accession Number
2010/2.26
Medium and Support
painting
Primary Keywords
paintings
portraits
swords

Ritual Sword; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Ritual Sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1985/1.157
Medium and Support
Iron, wood, copper and tkoola powder
Primary Keywords
rituals (events)
swords
weapons

Royal Sword; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba

Title
Royal Sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Kuba
Century
Possibly 20th century
Object Creation Date
circa 1900
Accession Number
1985/2.56
Medium and Support
iron, wood and copper
Primary Keywords
edged weapons
kuba (democratic republic of congo)
royalty
swords
weaponry

Royal sword with gold-leafed handle; Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan

Title
Royal sword with gold-leafed handle
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Ghana, Akan
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1997/1.309
Medium and Support
iron with gold leaf
Primary Keywords
royalty
swords
weapons

Short Sword; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire) or Central Africa, Banja

Title
Short Sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire) or Central Africa, Banja
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1998/1.102
Medium and Support
metal blade with copper wrapped wood handle
Primary Keywords
edged weapons
metalwork
swords
weaponry
weapons

Soldiers Fording a Stream; Maximillian Luce

Title
Soldiers Fording a Stream
Artist
Maximillian Luce
Physical Description
An abstracted sketch drawing of a group of soldiers crossing a stream. The figures are rough outlines done in black with blue ink accents. Some soldiers are on horseback and brandishing swords, possibly as a sign to enemies on the other bank. Other soliders help one another cross the water on foot.
Artist Life Dates
1858 - 1941
Object Creation Date
1875-1941
Accession Number
2009/1.506
Medium and Support
ink and graphite on paper
Primary Keywords
horses
men
sketches
streams
swords

Standing Man with Sword; Anonymous English

Title
Standing Man with Sword
Artist
Anonymous English
Physical Description
The back of a man in colonial military wear, sword on his side. He is looking to the left, wearing a hat.
Century
17th - early 18th century
Accession Number
2013/2.567
Medium and Support
red crayon on heavy laid paper
Primary Keywords
armies
hats
men
swords

Stone sword (point broken); Artist Unknown, Korea

Title
Stone sword (point broken)
Artist
Artist Unknown, Korea
Physical Description
Stone sword with broken point. Short in length
Century
9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
Object Creation Date
9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
Accession Number
1960/2.117
Medium and Support
gray stone
Primary Keywords
ceremonial swords
korean peninsula (peninsula)
stone
weapons

Sword; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mpama - Sengele - Tumba

Title
Sword
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Mpama - Sengele - Tumba
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1998/1.99
Medium and Support
iron blade with wood handle
Primary Keywords
africa
swords
weaponry

Sword (eben); Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin

Title
Sword (eben)
Artist
Artist Unknown, African, Nigeria, Benin
Physical Description
Cast ceremonial sword. The "fan" shape is indicative of the royal eben type. The general shape may be derived from northern, Sahelian influences. The looped handle is also typical of the eben type.
Century
20th century
Object Creation Date
20th century
Accession Number
1998/1.86
Medium and Support
metal blade with ivory, leather and cloth covered handle
Primary Keywords
benin
ceremonial swords
edged weapons
metalwork
royalty
swords

The Battle, No. 3 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'; Jacques Callot

Title
The Battle, No. 3 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'
Artist
Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates
1592/3-1635
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1633
Accession Number
1972/2.356
Medium and Support
etching on paper
Primary Keywords
armor
battle
horses
military
swords
war

The Plundering, No. 4 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'; Jacques Callot

Title
The Plundering, No. 4 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'
Artist
Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates
1592/3-1635
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1633
Accession Number
1972/2.357
Medium and Support
Etching on paper
Primary Keywords
battle
buildings
military
swords
trees
war

The Strappado, No. 10 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'; Jacques Callot

Title
The Strappado, No. 10 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'
Artist
Jacques Callot
Artist Life Dates
1592/3-1635
Century
17th century
Object Creation Date
1633
Accession Number
1972/2.362
Medium and Support
Etching on paper
Primary Keywords
buildings
drums
gallows
military
musical instruments
swords
war
weaponry
weapons

Yao Ritual Scroll; Artist Unknown, China

Title
Yao Ritual Scroll
Artist
Artist Unknown, China
Century
mid 19th century–mid 20th century
Object Creation Date
19th century - mid 20th century
Accession Number
1983/2.126
Medium and Support
hanging scroll, ink and color on cotton
Primary Keywords
figures
gods
rites and rituals
swords

Yoshiwara District; Artist Unknown, Japan

Title
Yoshiwara District
Artist
Artist Unknown, Japan
Century
18th century
Object Creation Date
early 18th century
Accession Number
1980/2.209
Medium and Support
handscroll fragment, ink and color on paper
Primary Keywords
courtesans
handscroll
house
japan
kimono
musical instruments
samurai
swords
ukiyo e
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