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by Marius Winzeler (Editor), Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Editor)
The "Rifle Gallery" in the "long
corridor" of Dresden's Royal Palace presents around 500 unique handguns
from the collections of the Saxon electors and kings. The magnificent
rifles and pistols from the 16th to 19th centuries
were used for hunting, target shooting and courtly representation. The
new museum guide presents the history of the collection as well as the
architecture and furnishings of the Lange Gang. With its
ancestral gallery, the approximately 100-metre-long Renaissance building
embodied the dynastic memorabilia of the ruling family and housed the
elector's "personal rifle" from 1733. A richly-illustrated selection of
objects presents a journey through three centuries of European
gunsmithing and decorative art; the exhibits are elucidated in their
complex cultural and historical contexts.
- Masterpieces of the gunsmith's art from one of the leading collections of royal weaponry in Europe
- Permanent exhibition of the Armory, in the Dresden Royal Palace, Dresden State Art Collections
Author Biography
Stefano Rinaldi, curator of the Dresden Armory, responsible for European edged weapons and firearms; Gernot Klatte, scientific assistant at the Dresden Armory
