Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

1590-1620 36 5/8 in. (93 cm) Citation Source image

The decoration on the stock with mounted hunters dashing after a lion, rabbits, wild boar, fox, and even a mythical unicorn is skillfully adapted to the contour of the rifle. The materials contribute to the elegance of the piece: delicate mother-of-pearl set into walnut which...

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Thewalt; Sale, Cologne, 1903, no. 1692; Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 263; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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