Genre
Arms & Armour
Steel reflects, and that is half its appeal to a painter. The gleam of a breastplate or a halberd let an artist show off the handling of metal and light, while the weapons themselves fixed a scene in war, the hunt, or the parade ground, and marked the rank of the man who carried them.
Key artists
Works
The Dead Toreador
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Saint George and the Dragon
Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada
Pygmalion and Galatea
Saint Martin and the Beggar
Venus and Mars Surprised by Vulcan
Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers
William II, Prince of Orange, and his Bride, Mary Stuart
1807, Friedland
Venus and Music
Portrait of King Charles II of England
Untitled
Prussian Homage
The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus
Matthew Clarkson
初代嵐橘三郎 （二代目嵐吉三郎） の惟高親王|The Actor Arashi Kitsusaburō I (Kichisaburō II) as Prince Koretaka
Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1514–1574), With his Armor by Filippo Negroli
Venus, Mars and Cupid
Untitled
The Massacre of the Innocents
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Untitled
春日若宮曼荼羅|Mandala of Wakamiya of Kasuga Shrine (Kasuga wakamiya mandara)
Untitled
Saint Alcuin
The Defense of Cadiz Against the English
Perseus and Andromeda
Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo
Christ and the Adulteress
Saint Michael and the Dragon
Untitled
The Triumph of Fame
Untitled
Guardroom with the Deliverance of Saint Peter
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Marinus Willett
The Execution of Saint John the Baptist
『図像抄』〈十巻抄〉明王部諸尊|Iconographic Drawings of the Five Kings of Wisdom (Myōō-bu shoson)
金處士筆 十王図の内|Ten Kings of Hell
大威徳明王|Daiitoku Myōō
龍湫周沢写 不動明王二童子像|Fudō Myōō and Two Attendants
The Resurrection
The Card Players
Roundel with Saint Lambrecht of Maastricht
Study for "Portrait of an Indian"
Untitled
The Judgement of Paris
Charles V (1500–1558), Holy Roman Emperor
Boy Carrying a Sword
六波羅合戦 平治物語絵巻 断簡|Battle at Rokuhara, from The Tale of the Heiji Rebellion
Alfonso II d'Este (1533–1597), Duke of Ferrara
秋夜長物語|A Long Tale for an Autumn Night (Aki no yo nagamonogatari)
Untitled
金剛夜叉明王|Kongōyasha Myōō
Portrait of a Young Man
Bellona
Roundel with Judgment or Allegorical Scene
Cosimo I de' Medici (1519–1574)
The Serbian Concubine (Un Envoi de Serbie)
Untitled
Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe
General George Eliott
Portrait of a Man
Italian landscape with soldiers
Una escena de la Inquisición
The Surrender of Brea
The Deliverance of Arsinoe
Untitled
Man in Armor (Mars?)
荼枳尼天像|Dakini
Portrait of a Commander
Portrait of a Man
Sir John Shurley of Isfield (1565–1632)
Untitled
The Storming of Rheinfelden
Philip IV (1605–1665) in Parade Armor
Saint Julian
Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops
Countryside of Wood With Saint George Fighting the Dragon
Judith
Dwarf with a Dog, formerly denominated Antonio el Inglés
Madonna and Child with Saints Dorothy and George
The Victory of Fleurus
The Liberation of Brisach
The recovery of the island of San Cristobal by Don Frederic of Toledo
George III
Madonna and Child Enthroned in a Fruit & Flower Garland
Untitled
Touch
Judith
Examining Antique Arms
葛飾北斎筆 黒鍾馗|Black Shōki, the Demon Queller
Alfonso I d'Este (1476–1534), Duke of Ferrara
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Saint Paul
Untitled
Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore
Frederik II Builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore
Willem van Heythuysen posing with a sword
The Decapitation of St John the Baptist
The Terrace
The Relief of Constance
The Saints Cosmas and Damian with their Brothers before the Proconsul Lysias
Memorial Portrait of Moses ter Borch
The Young Louis XIV
Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Declines the Offer to Accede to the Danish Throne. Copy after C. W. Eckersberg
Ecce Homo
Southern rocky landscape with Mercury and Argus
Saint Sebastian
Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia Soldiery
Primavera
Caesar Giving Cleopatra the Throne of Egypt
Roman Soldiers in the Circus
Rubens painting ‘The Allegory of Peace’
Equestrian Portrait of Charles V
Berend van Iddekinge with his Wife and their Son
The Wolf Hunt
Allegorical Portrait of Anna of Austria as Minerva
The Duel After the Masquerade
Promenade
Untitled
Heraldic Panel of Wilhelm von Weitingen
Amédée-David, the Comte de Pastoret
Picnic on the banks of the Manzanares
The Virgin and Child adored by Saint Louis, King of France
Charles II as a child
Las postrimerías de Fernando III el Santo
The Baptismal procession of Prince Juan, son of the Catholic Kings, through the streets of Seville
Religion saved by Spain
Allegory of the Birth of Marie-Zéphyrine of France, daughter of Louis of France
David with the Head of Goliath
Allegory of Vanity (Vanitas)
Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele
Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus
Portrait of John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Latinus Offering his Daughter Lavinia to Aeneas in Matrimony
A Man Wearing a Turban and Armour
The Crown of Thorns
David with Goliath's Head
Saint Catherine
The Queen of Etruria and her Children
Women Gladiators
Portrait of Charles V with a Dog
Juan Francisco Pimentel, conde de Benavente
The Taking of Christ
Mars Resting
Charles V and Philip II
Battle of Clavijo
Entrada triunfal de don Juan José de Austria (?)
Philip II in Armour
The Birth of Minerva
Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter
Alfonso XI
Rest during the Flight to Egypt
Charles II, King of Spain, on Horseback
El Pilar no se rinde
Mercury Killing Argus
Adoración de los Reyes Magos
Portrait of Philip IV in Armour
El jardín de Armida
Seville Surrenders to the king, Saint Ferdinand
Saint Catherine
Philip III in Armour
The Rape of Helen
Philip II offering the Infante don Fernando to the Heavens
Equestrian portrait of Charles I of England
Judith and Holofernes
Armida and Rinaldo
Achilles ontvangt van Thetis een nieuwe wapenrusting uit de smidse van Vulcanus
Portrait of Jan Valckenburgh
Roundel with Joab Murdering Abner
Portrait of Ferdinand IV with his sister Maria Anna
Allegorical Family Portrait
Philip the Handsome
King Charles I of England (1600-1649), three-quarter portrait
Allegory of Transitoriness
Portrait of Johann Wilhelm Elector of Palatine (1658-1716)
Judith with the Head of Holophernes
The Four Apostles: Saints Mark and Paul
Portrait of Louis XIV of France
Louis de France, Duke of Burgundy
Louis XIV, King of France
José Martínez de Roda luego marqués de Vistabella
D Pedro López de Lerena, I Count of Lerena
The Jester Named Don John of Austria
The Kiss of Judas
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Battle of Gascona and battery in a castle
The Recovery of Bahía de Todos los Santos
Udfaldet på Amager under Københavns belejring 1659
The Bivouac
Louis XIV
Catalina de Austria reina de Portugal como Santa Catalina
Perseus Freeing Andromeda
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Philip II on Horseback
Prince Philip and the Dwarf, Miguel Soplillo
Frequently asked questions
What is Arms & Armour?
Arms & Armour is a motif in painting. Steel reflects, and that is half its appeal to a painter.
How many Arms & Armour works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 469 public-domain Arms & Armour works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Arms & Armour artists?
Key Arms & Armour artists in the collection include Titian, Paolo Veronese and Jacques-Louis David.