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Bowl from a birth set with birth scene and Diana and Actaeon

In collaboration with Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
ca. 1530–32
Not on view
This footed bowl originally formed the base of a birth set—a series of nesting bowls and dishes celebrating childbirth. Only when the set was disassembled would the domestic image on its interior be revealed. Here, a new mother appears in her bedchamber together with her infant and two companions. The exterior decoration depicts the unfortunate hunter Actaeon, who was turned into a stag by the goddess Diana.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl from a birth set with birth scene and Diana and Actaeon
  • Artist: Perhaps the "Milan Marsyas" Painter
  • Artist: In collaboration with Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo (ca. 1486–1582)
  • Date: ca. 1530–32
  • Culture: Italian, Urbino
  • Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
  • Dimensions: Overall: 3 3/4 × 7 1/8 in. (9.5 × 18.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.49.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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