# Spear for the Bodyguard of Emperor Ferdinand I

- By: Austrian
- Date: 1558
- Medium: Steel, iron, and wood
- Classification: Arms
- Dimensions: Blade L. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.) Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz.
- Culture: Austria
- Credit line: George F. Harding Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/106514)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ecb6dcfb-963f-edec-5173-bc627c7bbf22/full/!751,1080/0/default.jpg
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