Vase

Artist: Based on an engraving in the 1676 translation by Isaac de Benserade

Date: 1680–1700

Culture: French, Nevers

Medium: Earthenware

Dimensions: Height: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Classification: Ceramics-Pottery

Credit Line: Gift of Alfred Duane Pell, 1902

Accession Number: 02.6.274

Description

The vase is decorated with a scene from the story of Atalanta and Milanion in Ovid's Metamorphoses, based on an engraving in the translation by the court poet Isaac Benserade (1613–1691) published in 1676 (see 34.17.1).

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