Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56)

Peter Peck

Date

ca. 1540–45

Type

Double-barreled wheellock pistol

Medium

Steel, gold, wood (cherry), staghorn

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

German, Munich

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

14.25.1425

Credit

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913