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| Keywords: Italian - Dish with Diana and Nymphs Bathing - Walters 481340.jpg In an episode from Ovid's The Metamorphoses the hunter Actaeon lost in the woods stumbles upon a clearing where he sees the chaste goddess of the hunt Diana bathing with her nymphs Mortals were not permitted to see her naked and the punishment was death The angry Diana splashes water on Actaeon who turns into a stag The hunter's dogs mistake him for their prey and tear him to pieces On the plate one of Actaeon's dogs has begun to sniff at his feet which will soon turn into hooves 1540 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica and luster decoration cm 4 7 25 1 accession number 48 1340 13905 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Gubbio Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Diana on majolica plates Gubbio maiolica | ||||
