Dish with Actaeon and Diana, Round dish of multi-colored majolica, on one foot. Actaeon and Diana are painted on the saucer. In a landscape on the left is a group of bathing women (Diana and her nymphs) and on the right a man walking to the right (Actaeon). The man's head is a deer head. In the background trees and a city. On the back of the dish is the text: 'Ateon converso in cervo' painted., Daphne changed to a laurel-tree: while fleeing from Apollo, Daphne has changed to a laurel-tree by her father Peneus (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548 ), anonymous, Urbino, c. 1540 - c. 1550, earthenware, tin glaze, lead glaze, h 6.0 cm × d 26.5 cm
Keywords:
Dish, Actaeon, Diana, Round dish, multi-colored majolica, foot, painted, saucer, landscape, left, group, bathing women, nymphs, right, man walking, man's head, deer head, background trees, city, back, dish, text, Ateon converso, cervo' painted, Daphne changed, laurel-tree, fleeing, Apollo, Daphne, changed, father Peneus, Ovid, Metamorphoses I 548, Urbino, c, 1540, 1550, earthenware, tin glaze, lead glaze
Image ID:
The watermark in the image will not appear on the final download.