The Archers
The maidens aim their bows at the statue of Diana on a pedestal.
Images of cameos proliferated on objects of all sorts during the age of Neoclassicism. Some were copies, some inventions, but all owed their origins to Greco-Roman antiquity. By implication, these adaptations underscored the owner's erudition and sober good taste. The owner might be rich or humble. Pottery such as Wedgwood's, for example, made enough use of cameos to satisfy all comers.
Images of cameos proliferated on objects of all sorts during the age of Neoclassicism. Some were copies, some inventions, but all owed their origins to Greco-Roman antiquity. By implication, these adaptations underscored the owner's erudition and sober good taste. The owner might be rich or humble. Pottery such as Wedgwood's, for example, made enough use of cameos to satisfy all comers.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Archers
- Factory: Josiah Wedgwood (British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730–1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent)
- Modeler: Possibly modeled by William Hackwood (British, ca. 1753–1836)
- Date: late 18th century
- Culture: British, Etruria, Staffordshire
- Medium: Jasperware, back green
- Dimensions: 2 7/8 × 4 in. (7.3 × 10.2 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
- Object Number: 24.80.42
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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