**PROPERTY SOLD BY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, FROM THE GEORGE F. HARDING COLLECTION TO BENEFIT THE HARDING COLLECTION OF ARMS AND ARMOR A BOAR SWORD IN GERMAN MID-16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY with broad blade of flattened-diamond section formed with wavy edges, long shank of rectangular section, fitted at the base with a pair of sharp up-turned lugs, iron hilt comprising a pair of down-turned quillons with spherical terminals, outer ring-guard interrupted by a central moulding en suite with the quillons, large globose pommel, and two-stage leather-covered wooden grip 101.2 cm; 39 7/8 in blade and shank Provenance Hal Furmage, by 1930 George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2119