Priming Flask Made for Prince-Elector August I of Saxony (reigned 1553–86)

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ca. 1575 · Iron, gold, silk · Arms and Armor

This finely worked flask was made by a specialist iron-chiseler for Prince-Elector August I of Saxony (ruled 1553–86). It bears his monogram AA (combining his initials with his wife's, Anna of Denmark), and the arms of Saxony and Denmark. in the center is a depiction of the Sacrifice of Isaac, after a 1571 woodcut by Jost Amman (1539–1591).

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1575

Medium

Iron, gold, silk

Culture

German, probably Saxony

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Bernice and Jerome Zwanger, 2008