Wheellock Pistol (Pedrenyal) of King Louis XIII of France
Place
Ripoll (Object made in)
Date
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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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