The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder (Cranequin)

Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder

dated 1742

Attribution

Crossbow by Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder German, Dresden 1696–1778

Medium

Steel, wood, staghorn, copper alloy, hemp, wool, gold, iron alloy

Physical dimensions

L. of crossbow, 28 13/16 in. (73.2 cm); W. of crossbow, 24 15/16 in. (63.3 cm); Wt. of crossbow, 10 lb. 7 oz. (4,817 g); L. of cranequin (without crank), 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); L. of crank, 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)

Credit line

Purchase, Louis V. Bell Fund and Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, 1985