Flask
1720-1730 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The enamelled scene of Diana and Callisto was colpied from a print after a design by Hendrik Goltzius.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | glass with enamelled decoration |
| Brief description | Octagonal flask with enamelled scene of Diana and Callisto by Ignaz Preissler, Bohemia, 1720-30 |
| Physical description | Octagonal glass flask, mould-blown and cut, with enamelled decoration of a mythological scene in black, yellowish brown and red, showing the Diana, goddess of the hunt, discovering the pregnancy of the nymph Callisto . Painted insects on the shoulders and on the base, which also shows a worm. |
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| Credit line | Wilfred Buckley Collection |
| Summary | The enamelled scene of Diana and Callisto was colpied from a print after a design by Hendrik Goltzius. |
| Other number | 9856 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.337-1936 |
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| Record created | October 19, 1998 |
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