Sporting Crossbow

German

1600/30

Medium

Wood, steel, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, brass, cord, and fiber weave

Classification

Arms

Dimensions

11.4 × 63.5 × 63.5 cm (4 1/2 × 25 × 25 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

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Metalwork
• Sport and games
• 1600s
• Germany
• Black, white and grey