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{
    "localId": "16617",
    "label": "Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.586"
}

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    "id": "16617",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.586",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "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)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.586",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms & Armor",
        "wheel locks",
        "rifles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.586_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_51.586_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "43 1/2 in. (110.5 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "steel or iron, walnut with bone or antler inlay, copper alloy",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3719"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ARM",
        "BAR"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_51.586_NF_3745-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5ca8d0610593de2a"
}