Matchlock Petronel

1570/80

French

Petronels were shot from the chest (their name comes from the French word for chest, poitrine). These crook-butted long guns were a popular stock design for a few decades at the end of the 16th century. They were soon supplanted by more practical shoulder stocks as the recoil resulted in chronic chest injuries.

Status: On View, Gallery 239
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Title: Matchlock Petronel
Place: France (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1560–1590
Medium: Steel, iron, fruitwood, staghorn, and horn
Dimensions: L. 122 cm (48 1/2 in.) Barrel L. 101.6 cm (40 in.) Wt. 7 lb. 12 oz. Caliber .60
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2263
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Walter Karchieski, “Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago” (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), pp, 98-99 (ill.)

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