Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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⚔️ Sharpen up your weaponry knowledge with Curator Jonathan Tavares, and learn about the fashions and functions of the straight, double-edged sword known as a rapier.

On view in Gallery 239.

Work depicted: Antonio Piccinino. "Rapier and Scabbard, "1625–45. George F. Harding Collection.