Matchlock Petronel
1560–1590
- Medium
- Steel, iron, fruitwood, staghorn, and horn
- Dimensions
- L. 122 cm (48 1/2 in.) Barrel L. 101.6 cm (40 in.) Wt. 7 lb. 12 oz. Caliber .60
- Genre
- firearm-long gun
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
arms and armorarmsfirearm-long gun
About
Petronels were shot from the chest (their name comes from the French word for chest, poitrine). These crook-butted long guns were a popular stock design for a few decades at the end of the 16th century. They were soon supplanted by more practical shoulder stocks as the recoil resulted in chronic chest injuries.