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ANONYMOUS, GERMAN, 16TH CENTURY ?. Design for a Powder Flask

Design for a Powder Flask. Artist: Anonymous, German, 16th century ?. Dimensions: 7 5/16 x 10 9/16 in. (18.6 x 26.8 cm). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Wendel Dietterlin, the Elder (German, Pfullendorf 1550/51-ca. 1599 Strasbourg). Date: ca. 1540-90. Powder flask decorated with an all over pattern of strapwork. In the middle of the design Athena is shown as a victory goddess holding a palm branch. Two angels hold up a laurel wreath above her head. She is flanked on both sides by a seated (conquered) soldier who is part of a weapon trophy.
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Design for a Powder Flask
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Design for a Powder Flask. Artist: Anonymous, German, 16th century ?. Dimensions: 7 5/16 x 10 9/16 in. (18.6 x 26.8 cm). Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Wendel Dietterlin, the Elder (German, Pfullendorf 1550/51-ca. 1599 Strasbourg). Date: ca. 1540-90. Powder flask decorated with an all over pattern of strapwork. In the middle of the design Athena is shown as a victory goddess holding a palm branch. Two angels hold up a laurel wreath above her head. She is flanked on both sides by a seated (conquered) soldier who is part of a weapon trophy.
Technique/material:
Pen and brown ink, blue-green and pale brown wash
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
4225 x 3036 px | 36.7 MB
Print size:
35.8 x 25.7 cm | 14.1 x 10.1 in (300 dpi)
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