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Pair of Wheel-Lock Pistols
Master from Augsburgbefore 1589
Renaissance and Reformation. German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach
A part of gilded wheel-lock pistols decorated with equestrian battles and tendril ornaments were probably part of this gift as well. The two pommels, which can be opened by pressing a button and serve as containers for small instruments to clean the barrel, are also original. The considerable number of saddles, weapons, and armor made in Augsburg acquired under Christian I testifies to the great appreciation for the skill and refinement of southern German masters at the court of Saxony.
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- Title: Pair of Wheel-Lock Pistols
- Creator: Master from Augsburg
- Date Created: before 1589
- Physical Dimensions: L (total): 50.6/50.7 cm, barrel: 31.3 cm, bore: 14.8/15 mm, Wt (total): 2,081/2,220 g
- Technique and Material: Barrels, locks, mounts: iron, etched and gilded; hammer and pan cover: bare; stock: copper, embossed and gilded; ramrod: iron, wood, and copper, engraved and gilded; two instruments to clean barrel
- Provenance: First mentioned in the complete inventory of the Rüstkammer in 1606
- Museum: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Rüstkammer
- Inv.-No.: J 59; J 1435
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-845714
- External Link: http://www.skd.museum/de/museen-institutionen/residenzschloss/ruestkammer/
- Copyright: Photo © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Rüstkammer/ Jürgen Karpinski; Text © Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach, A Cooperation of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München, Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nov 20, 2016 – March 26, 2017, Munich: Prestel, 2016; cat. no. 52 / Viktoria Pisareva
- Catalogue: https://prestelpublishing.randomhouse.de/book/Renaissance-and-Reformation/Stephanie-Buck/Prestel-com/e504919.rhd
- Artist Dates: unknown
- Artist Biography: unknown
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