The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 29, 2023

Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

c. 1650

Italy, Sardinia, 17th century

Steel; pierced and chiseled mounts, walnut stock

Overall: 122.7 cm (48 5/16 in.); Butt: 12.7 cm (5 in.); Barrel: 90.8 cm (35 3/4 in.); Bore: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.64

Location

210A Armor Court

Inscriptions

Inscription

Inscribed: (on Barrel): A PATIS AND PEVRVV ET FILS [partially indecipherable]

Provenance
Offerman Sale; (February 1919); cat. #367.
Citations
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 146, F9; Reproduced: Plate XXXV, F9 archive.org
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p.42 archive.org
Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.64