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Watch with Diana and Endymion
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The copper case has been enameled and then painted with the classical scene of Diana, Roman goddess of the hunt, as she discovers the beautiful, eternally young shepherd Endymion asleep on Mt. Latmus, where she joined him every evening. The interior of the case is also enameled and painted with floral motifs.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Robert Hoe; Sale, American Art Association, New York, Feb. 15, 1911, no. 2307; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany, Augsburg (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.193