id: 96632 accession number: 1916.37 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.37 updated: 2023-03-03 07:01:15.107000 Powder Flask with Standing figures of a Man and Woman, 1570. Germany, 16th century. Elk horn, steel mounts; overall: 23.4 x 11.8 cm (9 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.37 title: Powder Flask with Standing figures of a Man and Woman title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1570 creation date earliest: 1570 creation date latest: 1570 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: Germany, 16th century technique: elk horn, steel mounts department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 23.4 x 11.8 cm (9 3/16 x 4 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: What in the World opening date: 1960-03-01T05:00:00 What in the World. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (March 1-October 1, 1960). title: European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan) opening date: 1993-07-01T04:00:00 European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan). Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995). title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, Sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -1916 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1916- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The year 1570 can be seen below the standing male and female who may represent the original owners. digital description: wall description: Powder flasks are small, portable containers designed to hold gunpowder. From the 1400s to the 1800s, powder flasks were indispensable for charging and priming firearms of all types. Without powder flasks firearms were of little use to their owners. Many highly decorated flasks rank as works of art. During the 1500s, they were frequently decorated with images of famous historical figures. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 3, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (177) 181 url: https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour3_201602/page/n421 Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. page number: Mention: p. 154, F31 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n226 Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. page number: p. 175, cat. no. 242 url: Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. page number: p. 195, cat. no. 247 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.37/1916.37_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.37/1916.37_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.37/1916.37_full.tif