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Diana and Actaeon
Workshop:
Bettisi, Leonardo di Antonio
(Perhaps)
Workshop:
Accarisi, Stefano
(Perhaps)
Workshop:
Maestro dei Panneggi
(Perhaps)
Artist:
Tempesta, Antonio
(After)
Maiolica dish, painted in polychrome in compendiario style with Diana and Actaeon.
Pale greyish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; three peg marks on underside of the rim. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, Sienese brown, and brown.
Shape approximately 64 with plain rim. Circular with narrow sloping rim, shallow sides and wide flat centre.
Diana and Actaeon. Actaeon stands on the left accompanied by four hounds. Antlers sprout from his head, and his right hand is raised in protest to Diana, who stands in a pool on the right, bathing with five nymphs, one of whom sits on the bank. In the wooded landscape background there are deer. Three narrow orange bands and a yellow band encircle the scene.
History note: Probably purchased from the London dealer, Van Slochem, in February 1918 by H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
H.S. Reitlinger Bequest
Diameter: 44.8 cm
Height: 5.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
16th Century
Renaissance
Circa
1580
CE
-
1585
CE
The design was derived from an etching of Diana and Actaeon in a series of Landscapes with Mythological Subjects by Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630). The painter has been named the Maestro dei Panneggi, and it has been suggested that he was Stefano Accarisi, but this is not cerain. See Documentation.
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, yellow, orange, Sienese brown, and brown)
Tin-glazing : Pale greyish-buff earthenware, tin-glazed overall; three peg marks on underside of the rim. Painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, Sienese brown, and brown.
Accession number: C.178-1991
Primary reference Number: 72607
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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