Pair of Salt Cellars with the Story of Actaeon
This pair of salt cellars is decorated with the popular tale of Actaeon from "The Metamorphoses" by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC-AD 17). Actaeon, a young hunter, accidentally sees the goddess Diana bathing. She notices the young hunter and, in a rage, transforms him into a stag....
Artifact
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77431
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Frederic Spitzer [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris, April 17, 1893, lot 519-20; Jacques Seligmann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.339-340_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.339-340_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_44.339-340_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.11 (44.339, 44.340) |
Terms
Medium
painted enamel on copper
Genre
saltcellars
Relations
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inCollection