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Source Description
Maucher (whose initials are on the stock) was a carver as well as stock maker. The stock is carved in relief with motifs of a hunter with his rifle and a young woman who carries a hunting hawk on her arm (a favorite form of hunting for women) and a spear. In the 1600s, women did not hunt with spears; rather, this alludes to the Roman goddess Diana who hunted with a spear and whose exploits and virtues validated hunting for its adherents. The original lock (a wheel-lock) was later replaced with a "Prague" flintlock made in the 1700s.
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Document identity
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16617
label
Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle
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object
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Source metadata
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16617
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object
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normalized
title
Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle
description
Maucher (whose initials are on the stock) was a carver as well as stock maker. The stock is carved in relief with motifs of a hunter with his rifle and a young woman who carries a hunting hawk on her arm (a favorite form of hunting for women) and a spear. In the 1600s, women did not hunt with spears; rather, this alludes to the Roman goddess Diana who hunted with a spear and whose exploits and virtues validated hunting for its adherents. The original lock (a wheel-lock) was later replaced with a "Prague" flintlock made in the 1700s.
provenance
Richard Zschille, Grossenhain, Saxony; Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1924, no. 265; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1670 (Baroque)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
wheel locks
rifles
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm)
Source extras
med
steel or iron, walnut with bone or antler inlay, copper alloy
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3719
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ARM
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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11d5e8ff8b7fe372
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no
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2
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photo
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5ca8d0610593de2a
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no