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| Keywords: Italian - Flask with Scenes of the Caledonian Boar Hunt - Walters 481372.jpg According to the Greek legend Meleager invited the greatest hunters of Greece to join him hunting the giant wild boar which was terrorizing the countryside of Aaldeonia The beautiful huntress Atalanta was the first hit the boar with her arrow and Meleager finished him off The painter's adaptation of the exciting mysterious world of ancient Greece is complmented by the addition of suspension loops in the shape of dragons Italian tin-glazed earthenware is known as maiolica because the Spanish cermaics that inspired the Italian tradition came through the island of Majorca ca 1540 1545 Renaissance tin-glazed earthenware maiolica cm 32 25 1 accession number 48 1372 39115 De Somzée Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown no 279 Pannwitz Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown no 255 Henry Walters Baltimore 1908 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Calydonian Hunt Urbino maiolica | ||||
