Trigger Guard of a Gun made for a Prince of the House of the Medici

Pietro Ancini

dated 1643 · Steel · Arms and Armor

Trigger Guard of a Gun made for a Prince of the House of the Medici — Pietro Ancini

This trigger guard and a lock in the Odescalchi Collection in Rome formerly belonged to a gun that was undoubtedly the masterpiece of the steel-chiseler Pietro Ancini.

Artist
Pietro Ancini
Date
dated 1643
Medium
Steel
Culture
Italian, Reggio Emilia
Department
Arms and Armor
Credit line
Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, 1956
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