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| Keywords: Italian - Dish with Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing - Walters 481316.jpg The moon-goddess Diana was accompanied by a group of chaste nymphs Seated under an elaborate fountain the goddess attended to by two of her followers can be recognized by the crescent moon on her head The dish shows how the artist imitated the style of contemporary painting with bulky figures represented in complex turning poses The back also shows a scene related to the element of water Neptune the god of the sea astride two dolphins ca 1560 1570 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 6 7 43 3 accession number 48 1316 37660 Jacques Seligmann Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Diana on majolica plates Companions of Diana Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Urbino maiolica | ||||
