Curator Dirk Breiding on a crossbow attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur.
Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer.
Is an inscription in Hebrew letters on this crossbow a secret code?
"Art history is very much like detective work, and if you’re lucky there’s even a mystery to be solved."
Dirk H. Breiding
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Contributors
Dirk H. Breiding
Assistant Curator, Department of Arms and Armor
Assistant Curator, Department of Arms and Armor
Photography by Joseph Coscia Jr.
Art Mentioned
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Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur
dated 1460