Design for a Powder Flask

Wendel Dietterlin, the Elder|Anonymous, German, 16th century

ca. 1540–90 · Pen and brown ink, blue-green and pale brown wash · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist: Wendel Dietterlin, the Elder|Anonymous, German, 16th century
Date: ca. 1540–90
Medium: Pen and brown ink, blue-green and pale brown wash
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1946

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