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517 works by 79 artists

517 works featuring “Sword” by 79 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 126 museums.

La Vocation de saint Matthieu, Caravaggio

La Vocation de saint Matthieu, 1609.

La Vocation de saint Matthieu (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Church of Saint-Louis-des-Français, Italy

Christian IV founding Christiania. Sketch, Adolph Tidemand

Christian IV founding Christiania. Sketch, c. 1876.

Christian IV grunnlegger Christiania. Skisse (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard

National Museum of Norway

Gustav III (1746–1792), King of Sweden, Alexandre Roslin

Gustav III (1746–1792), King of Sweden, 1777.

Gustav III (1746–1792), kung av Sverige (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Gripsholm, Sweden

Religion saved by Spain, Titien

Religion saved by Spain, c. 1572–1575.

L'Espagne au secours de la religion (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

He Saw, Upon a Bed, the Finest Sight Was Ever Beheld, Harry Clarke

He Saw, Upon a Bed, the Finest Sight Was Ever Beheld, 1922.

He Saw, Upon a Bed, the Finest Sight Was Ever Beheld (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), graphite, ink, watercolour and glazes on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Autumn, Nicolas Poussin

Autumn, 1660–1664.

L'Automne (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Titien

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1570.

Judith avec la tête d'Holopherne (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Dózsa’s People, Viktor Madarász

Dózsa’s People, 1868.

Dózsa népe (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden, Michel-Ange

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden, 1509–1510.

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Saint Frances Announcing the End of the Plague in Rome, Nicolas Poussin

Saint Frances Announcing the End of the Plague in Rome, c. 1657.

Sainte Françoise Romaine annonçant à Rome la fin de la peste (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse, Albrecht Dürer

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse, 1496.

Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on laid paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Midwinter Sacrifice, Carl Larsson

Midwinter Sacrifice, 1915.

Midvinterblot (museum title)

Carl Larsson (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Sisters Dressing for the Carnival, Wilhelm Marstrand

The Sisters Dressing for the Carnival, c. 1870.

Søstrenes påklædning til karnevallet (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Sale of the Titles, Ignacio Merino

The Sale of the Titles, 1867.

La venta de los títulos (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Miklós Zrínyi before his Charge from the Fortress of Szigetvár (Sketch), Viktor Madarász

Miklós Zrínyi before his Charge from the Fortress of Szigetvár (Sketch), 1875.

Zrínyi Miklós szigetvári kirohanása előtt (vázlat) (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Luis Juárez

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

El matrimonio místico de santa Catalina de Alejandría (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Nymphs of the Danube Warn Hagen of the Unhappy Outcome of Gunther's Expedition to Krimhild and Etzel, Johann Heinrich Füssli

The Nymphs of the Danube Warn Hagen of the Unhappy Outcome of Gunther's Expedition to Krimhild and Etzel, 1800–1815.

Die Donaunixen prophezeien Hagen den unglücklichen Ausgang… (museum title)

Johann Heinrich Füssli (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

The Three Soldiers, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Three Soldiers, 1568.

The Three Soldiers (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

The Frick Collection, United States

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Sandro Botticelli

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c. 1490–1495.

La Lamentation sur le Christ mort (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Bavarian State Painting Collections, Germany

Judith and Holofernes, Michel-Ange

Judith and Holofernes, 1509.

Judith and Holofernes (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Juan Mariano de Goyeneche y Gamio, 3rd Count of Guaqui, in the Uniform of a Knight of the Order of Santiago, Daniel Hernández

Juan Mariano de Goyeneche y Gamio, 3rd Count of Guaqui, in the Uniform of a Knight of the Order of Santiago, c. 1910.

Juan Mariano de Goyeneche y Gamio, III conde de Guaqui, con… (museum title)

Daniel Hernández (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

St. Michael Vanquishing Satan, Raphaël

St. Michael Vanquishing Satan, 1518.

Saint Michel terrassant le démon, dit Le Grand Saint Michel (museum title)

Raphaël (Italian), oil on canvas

Louvre Museum, France

The Revenge of Signor Cornaro, Ignacio Merino

The Revenge of Signor Cornaro, 1869.

La venganza del señor Cornaro (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Faust, Harry Clarke

Faust, 1924–1925.

Faust (museum title)

Harry Clarke (Irish), graphite, watercolour and ink on paper

National Gallery of Ireland

Helmets - Study, Pedro Américo

Helmets - Study, 1887.

Capacetes - Estudo (museum title)

Pedro Américo (Brazilian), graphite on paper

Pedro Américo Figueiredo e Mello collection, Brazil

Colonel Álvaro Barros, Prilidiano Pueyrredón

Colonel Álvaro Barros, 1865.

Coronel Alvaro Barros (museum title)

Prilidiano Pueyrredón (Argentinian), oil on canvas

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Portrait of Jacopo Strada, Titien

Portrait of Jacopo Strada, 1567–1568.

Portrait de Jacopo Strada (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1608.

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

St. John's Co-Cathedral, Malte

Conversion of Paul, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Conversion of Paul, 1567.

Conversion of Paul (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants, 1900.

Messaline descend l'escalier bordé de figurants (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, Daniel Maclise

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife, c. 1854.

The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (museum title)

Daniel Maclise (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Le Chariot de foin, Hieronymus Bosch

Le Chariot de foin, 1510.

Le Chariot de foin (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

The Heart of Mary, Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz

The Heart of Mary

El Corazón de María (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on copper

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, Miguel Cabrera

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, 1760.

La Virgen del Apocalipsis (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', Francisco de Goya

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux', 1825.

Bullfight in a divided ring, from the 'Bulls of Bordeaux' (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), lithograph

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, 1900.

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène (museum title)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French), lithograph

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Four soldiers drinking from a barrel, Adolph Tidemand

Four soldiers drinking from a barrel, 1875.

Fire soldater som drikker av en tønne (museum title)

Adolph Tidemand (Norwegian), charcoal and chalk on paper

National Museum of Norway

Gustav I, 1496-1560, King of Sweden, Ulrika Pasch

Gustav I, 1496-1560, King of Sweden, 1776.

Gustav I, 1496-1560, kung av Sverige (museum title)

Ulrika Pasch (Swedish), oil

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber, James Barry

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber, c. 1788–1792.

Iachimo Emerging from the Chest in Imogen's Chamber (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), oil on cardboard

National Gallery of Ireland

Mourning of László Hunyadi (Sketch), Viktor Madarász

Mourning of László Hunyadi (Sketch), c. 1860.

Hunyadi László siratása (Redukció) (museum title)

Viktor Madarász (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Hungarian National Gallery, Hungary

Independence or Death, Pedro Américo

Independence or Death, 1888.

Independência ou morte (museum title)

Pedro Américo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Paulista collection (Fundo Museu Paulista), Brazil

Manuel Pérez de Guzmán y Boza Liaño Aubarede, Marqués de Jerez de los Caballeros, Joaquín Sorolla

Manuel Pérez de Guzmán y Boza Liaño Aubarede, Marqués de Jerez de los Caballeros, 1914.

Manuel Pérez de Guzmán y Boza Liaño Aubarede, Marqués de… (museum title)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spanish), oil on canvas

The Hispanic Society of America, United States

Man on Horseback - Study 3/6, Pedro Américo

Man on Horseback - Study 3/6, 1887.

Homem a Cavalo - Estudo 3/6 (museum title)

Pedro Américo (Brazilian), graphite on paper

Pedro Américo Figueiredo e Mello collection, Brazil

Study of the figure of the king for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir", Jan Matejko

Study of the figure of the king for the painting "The Vows of John Casimir", 1893.

Studium postaci króla do obrazu "Śluby Jana Kazimierza" (museum title)

Jan Matejko (Polish), pencil on paper

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Judit with the Head of Holofernes, Sandro Botticelli

Judit with the Head of Holofernes, 1497–1500.

Judith avec la tête d'Holopherne (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (fragment), Luis Juárez

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (fragment)

El martirio de santa Úrsula (fragmento) (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

IX. From Spaniard and Albino Woman, Return Backwards, Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz

IX. From Spaniard and Albino Woman, Return Backwards, c. 1760.

IX. From Spaniard and Albino Woman, Return Backwards (IX.… (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), United States

X. From Spaniard and Return Backwards, Hold Yourself Suspended in Midair, Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz

X. From Spaniard and Return Backwards, Hold Yourself Suspended in Midair, c. 1760.

X. From Spaniard and Return Backwards, Hold Yourself… (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), United States

The Foil, Hugh Ramsay

The Foil, 1901.

The foil (museum title)

Hugh Ramsay (Australian), oil on canvas

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

The Denial of St Peter, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Denial of St Peter, 1660.

De verloochening van Petrus (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands