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Rapier Combined with two Wheel-Lock Pistols
German (Bladesmith: Hernandez Sebastian)
c. 1600
- Medium
- Steel, iron, brass, gold, silver, gilding, and wood
- Classification
- Arms
- Dimensions
- H.: 111.8 cm (44 in.)
- Culture
- Germany
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- George F. Harding Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Combination weapons became a fascination in the late 16th century as nobles and wealthy merchants collected curiosities of the natural and man-made world. Though artful in their arrangement, these weapons seem impractical for self-defense. Owners would have displayed them in armories or cabinets of curiosities.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
