Title

Pair of Wheellock Pistols Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony

Caption

Pair of Wheellock Pistols Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony, German, Dresden, ca. 1610.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A16_230

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

31,2Mb (781,9Kb) / 13,3in x 9,1in / 4000 x 2729 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany close up wood job pair German country occupation firearm weapon weapons gun guns pistol museum color horn wooden antique military war location century empire profession concept mechanism close-up warfare 17th century bodyguard Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art inlaid weaponry bodyguards history seventeenth century Holy Roman Empire wheellock Elector of Saxony wheel lock object wood Beechwood gold steel Elector Heritage Art staghorn Steel gold brass staghorn wood (beech) Simon Helbig Helbig Simon Hans Fleischer Fleischer Hans