Ewer with the Triumph of Diana and Josiah Reading the Law

ca. 1562 (Early Modern) H: 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm) Citation Source image

This ewer was a wedding gift to Francis II (reigned 1562-67) from his bride, Mary Stuart. On the upper band, Diana, chaste goddess of the hunt, rides on a cart in victorious procession, followed by nymphs and animals. Venus and Cupid, goddess and god of carnal love, are tied u...

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Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, Paris, April 17, 1893, no. 542; Charles Borradaile, Brighton, England, by purchase; George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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