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Footed dish with Diana and Actaeon

Artist sometimes signing FR, perhaps Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo
ca. 1525
Not on view
The painter has decorated the shallow, rimless bowl of this footed dish with a scene from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The uninterrupted composition suggests that the bowl would have arrived at the table already laden (probably with fruit or sweetmeats), at first concealing the story. As diners consumed the treats, they would gradually reveal the sad tale of Actaeon, a hunter transformed into a stag as punishment for having glimpsed the goddess Diana at her bath.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Footed dish with Diana and Actaeon
  • Maker: Artist sometimes signing FR, perhaps Fra Xanto Avelli da Rovigo (ca. 1486–1582)
  • Date: ca. 1525
  • Culture: Italian, probably Urbino
  • Medium: Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware)
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 × 10 3/8 in. (5.1 × 26.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.49.3
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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