Powder-flask decorated with Scenes of Hunting and the Metamorphosis of Actaeon

Details

• Title

  Powder-flask decorated with Scenes of Hunting and the Metamorphosis of Actaeon

• Artist/maker

  Balthasar Griessmann (1620 - 1706)

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  mid-17th century

• Material and technique

  ivory

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  17.7 cm (height)
  13.7 cm (length)
  1.5 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 46 | Baroque Art

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1947.191.226

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