Wheellock Pistol (Pedrenyal) of King Louis XIII of France

c. 1615

Spanish, Ripoll

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

Title: Wheellock Pistol (Pedrenyal) of King Louis XIII of France
Place: Ripoll (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 1605–1620
Medium: Steel, iron, and walnut
Dimensions: L. 55.9 cm (22 in.) Barrel L. 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in.) Wt. 3 lb. 9 oz. Caliber .44
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2304
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Chicago, The Art Institiute of Chicago Annual Report 1982-83, pp. 35-36, fig. 41.
Leonid Tarassuk, “The Cabinet d’Armes of Louis XIII: Some Firearms and Related Problems” Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal 21 (1986), pp. 65-122, figs. 1-4.
Leonid Tarassuk, “A Spanish Pistol from the French Royal Collection,” The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 13, 1 (1987), pp. 71-79, figs. 1-3, 5-7.
Walter Karchieski, “Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995, p. 100 (ill.)

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