Pair of Flintlock Pistols
Johann Andreas Kuchenreuter
ca. 1760–70 · Steel, wood, bronze, gold, silver, horn · Arms and Armor
Several generations of the Kuchenreuter family were highly successful gunsmiths whose patrons included the King of Bohemia, Napoleon, and the Tsar of Russia. Johann Andreas and his father Johann Jacob were among the most famous members of this gun-making dynasty.
- Artist
- Johann Andreas Kuchenreuter
- Date
- ca. 1760–70
- Medium
- Steel, wood, bronze, gold, silver, horn
- Culture
- German, Regensburg
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, 1969
