Powder Flask
Cleveland Museum of Art

Powder Flask

c. 1590

gilt brass over fabric covered wood
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This powder flask depicts a mythological scene that precipitated the Trojan War. Here we see the Trojan prince Paris giving a golden apple to Aphrodite, the goddess who reciprocates by offering him the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Sparta.

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