Box For Crossbow Bolts (<i>Bolzenkasten</i>), Probably Made for William IV, Duke of Bavaria (r. 1508–50)

Hans Wagner the Elder

Date

dated 1539

Type

Box for crossbow bolts (<i>Bolzenkasten</i>)

Medium

Wood (lid and front panel: fruitwood, possibly pear; bottom: walnut; inlay: possibly sycamore; later repairs: mahogany moldings and Indian rosewood veneers on sides), staghorn, iron, gold, paste, paper

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

German, Munich

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

69.199

Credit

Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, 1969