Wheellock Rifle
Caspar Spät|Elias Becker
ca. 1640–50
Medium
Steel, gold, fruitwood, staghorn, bone
Dimensions
L. 41 7/8 in. (106.4 cm); L. of barrel 30 9/16 in. (77.6 cm); Cal. .46 in. (11.7 mm); Wt. 7 lb. 6 oz. (3350 g)
Classification
Firearms-Guns-Wheellock
Culture
German, Munich and Augsburg
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1904
Accession Number
04.3.180
Tags
HuntingDeerDogsMen
About the Artist
Caspar Spät|Elias Becker (German|German) · 1586 |1633 –1716 |1674
German, Munich, ca. 1611–1691|German, Augsburg, recorded 1633–74