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Automaton with Diana on a Stag

ca. 1620-1635 (?); early 19th century (?) 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm) Citation Source image

Clever displays of inventiveness with no other purpose than to amuse were valued interludes at the long, lavish, and sometimes tedious banquets that were part of court life. This automaton is a motorized wine decanter. Remove the head of the stag, fill the body with wine, wi...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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