Cleveland Museum of Art

Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

Hans Schmidt

Date

mid-1600s

Medium

steel, varnished wood (walnut) stock decorated with inlaid silver wire and appliqués

Culture

Austria, Ferlach, mid 17th Century

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

The barrel of this hunting piece is marked with the letters "GS" within a shield, the likely initials of the owner, who was probably a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece as indicated by the escutcheon on the stock. A similar rifle made for another member of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Graf Sigmund von Dietrichstein, is preserved in Vienna.

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