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Summary
Wheel-lock gun of Sigismund III Vasa.
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Artist
Creator:Monogramist HLF
Title
Wheel-lock gun of Sigismund III Vasa.
label QS:Lfr,"Le pistolet à rouet de Sigismond III Vasa."
label QS:Len,"Wheel-lock gun of Sigismund III Vasa."
label QS:Lpl,"Strzelba Zygmunta III Wazy."
label QS:Lde,"Radschlossbüchse Sigismunds III. Wasa."
Date
circa 1605-1610
Medium
ivory and wood, steel and brass
Collection
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Native name
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Location
Vienna, Austria
Coordinates
48° 12′ 13.69″ N, 16° 21′ 42.43″ E
Established
17 October 1891
Website
www.khm.at/en
Authority file
: Q95569
VIAF: 126584224
ISNI: 0000000121159908
LCCN: n50056014
MusicBrainz: 0cdcd4c5-5d49-4621-a809-87adfaf8eabb
OSM: 20165
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q95569
Accession number
D 68
Object history
1600s
date QS:P,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
: commissioned by Sigismund III Vasa, Warsaw
Inscriptions
HL.F
Notes
Adorned with a scene of a fight between Polish cavalryman and a Swedish pistol shooter, an allusion to Sigismund III's war against his uncle, Charles IX of Sweden (1601-1611).
References
pl.pinterest.com
www.khm.at
Zdzisław Żygulski (1975). Broń w dawnej Polsce: na tle uzbrojenia Europy i Bliskiego Wschodu. Państwowe Wydaunictwo Naukowe
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