About This Artwork
Pair of Flintlock Pistols1660/65
Steel, gold, ivory, ebony
L. 45.6 cm (17 15/16 in.)
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2324a-b
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 108 (ill.)
Walter Karchieski, "Some Netherlandish Firearms in the George F., Harding, Jr. Collection of Arms and Armor, The Art Institute of Chicago", Proceedings IAMAM
XIV Congress 1996 (Amsterdam, 1996), p. 77 (ill.)
Stephen V. Granscay, "Early Firearms in the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago", The Gun Digest Company (Chicago, 1952), p. 37, fig. 13.
Ownership History
Grand Ducal Castle, Etterburg, Saxony before 1927. Sold by Offerrman, June 15, 1927 to George F. Harding (d. 1939); transferred to the George F. Harding Museum; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.