Trigger Guard of a Gun made for a Prince of the House of the Medici
This trigger guard and a lock in the Odescalchi Collection in Rome formerly belonged to a gun that was undoubtedly the masterpiece of the steel-chiseler Pietro Ancini.
Artwork Details
- Title: Trigger Guard of a Gun made for a Prince of the House of the Medici
- Steel-chiseler: Pietro Ancini (Italian, Reggio Emilia, recorded 1616–1702)
- Date: dated 1643
- Geography: Reggio Emilia
- Culture: Italian, Reggio Emilia
- Medium: Steel
- Dimensions: L. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
- Classification: Firearms Parts
- Credit Line: Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, 1956
- Object Number: 56.23
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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Multiple artists/makers
dated 1735
Master GG
hallmarked 1773–74
Clemens Horn
1600–1625
Joseph Deutschmann
ca. 1740
James Morisset
hallmarked for 1797–98
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