Wheel-lock Petronel (c. 1630): Art, History and Details

Wheel-lock Petronel (c. 1630) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Georg Kurland (Polish).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

A petronel was a type of long pistol made with a wheel-lock ignition. Despite its length, the petronel was fired at the wrist like a pistol and not at the shoulder like a rifle. They were generally made in pairs during the early 1600s. Civilian versions were elaborately decorated for aristocratic clients.

Object facts

• Title: Wheel-lock Petronel
• Date: c. 1630
• Creator attribution: Georg Kurland (Polish)
• Culture: Silesia (Southwestern Poland), Teschen, 17th century
• Type: Arms and Armor
• Technique: steel, gilding, and wood inlaid with elk horn, ivory, and mother-of-pearl
• Dimensions: Overall: 13 x 73 x 6 cm (5 1/8 x 28 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
• Collection: MED - Arms & Armor
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 2012.97.2

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

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