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Meleager Hunting the Boar

model early 16th century (possibly cast 17th century)
Not on view
The plaquette depicts Meleager on horseback hunting the Calydonian Boar. Other versions are in the Bode Museum, Berlin, the Louvre, Paris, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the figure of Meleager has been derived from an antique sarcophagus relief. This work is an aftercast, possibly from the seventeenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Meleager Hunting the Boar
  • Artist: Pseudo-Melioli , Northern Italy
  • Date: model early 16th century (possibly cast 17th century)
  • Culture: Italian
  • Medium: Copper alloy with dull brown patina; pierced at the top; remnants of solder on the reverse.
  • Dimensions: Diam. 9.1 cm, wt. 172.65 g.
  • Classification: Plaquettes
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1327
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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