Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder (Cranequin)

Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder

dated 1742 · Steel, wood, staghorn, copper alloy, hemp, wool, gold, iron alloy · Arms and Armor

This is one of a series of similar bows by Hänisch the Elder for the court of Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony from 1733 to 1763 and King Augustus III of Poland from 1734 to 1736.

Artist

Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder

Date

dated 1742

Medium

Steel, wood, staghorn, copper alloy, hemp, wool, gold, iron alloy

Culture

German, Dresden

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Purchase, Louis V. Bell Fund and Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, 1985