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Snaphaunce Hunting Rifle

Jonas Schertiger the Younger

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a long-barreled hunting rifle with a brown wooden stock, featuring gold inlays on the forearm and butt. The rifle has a silver-colored metal trigger guard and other metal components. A gold-colored wire-like piece is attached near the trigger guard. The rifle's barrel is long and silver-colored. The background of the image is gray. The rifle, a Snaphaunce Hunting Rifle, was made by Jonas Schertiger the Younger.

Artwork details

Date:
dated 1722
Medium:
Steel, wood (walnut), brass, horn
Culture:
Swedish, Stockholm
Dimensions:
600 × 480 px
Museum record:
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