Diana and Actaeon

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Object Name:

Diorama

Title:

Diana and Actaeon

Department

European

Category

Baroque

Maker(s)

Hofglashutte, Maker

Innsbruck Hofglashutte, Maker

Place Made:

probably Italy, Venice; possibly Austria, Innsbruck

Date:

1690-1720

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colorless

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blue

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white

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purple

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Technique

lamp-worked

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applied decoration

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assembling

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glass

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wood

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metal

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glue

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velvet

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 21.9 cm, W: 19.5 cm, D: 4.1cm

Accession Number:

99.3.4

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Three-dimensional glass scene from the myth of Diana and Actaeon composed of a small lamp-worked forest setting with figures, animals, and a fountain. The glass details are glued onto a background of dark green velvet, which is set into a wooden shadow box covered with a glass pane; the frame is ornamented with twisted and multi-colored glass rods.

Provenance

Rainer Zietz Limited, Source to 1999-04-07

Publications (6)

Publications

Layering Creative Virtues onto an Object, Part 2: Survey (2009-05) illustrated, p. 11;

The Gather (2003) illustrated, p. 1;

The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 72; BIB# 68214

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 8-9;

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 15, 17, #10; BIB# 65446

Recent Important Acquisitions, 42 (2000) illustrated, p. 180, fig. 12;

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