The Little Standard Bearer

Albrecht Altdorfer

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Little Standard Bearer by Albrecht Altdorfer: Black and white image of a man dressed in 16th-century attire. He wears a large hat with a feather, a puffy-sleeved shirt with a ruffled collar, a short jacket with puffy sleeves, decorative shorts with a ball, and knee-high socks. He holds a flagpole in the left hand. The background shows a cityscape on a hill on the left, and another on the right across a body of water. The man stands on an outcropping of land or a low hill.