Statuette, Bronze, Kleinbronze, Aktäon, Brunnenfigur, Brunnenbekrönung
3. Viertel 16. Jahrhundert | Wenzel Jamnitzer
The bronze statuette with a dear head shows Aktaeon, who had unintentionally cought the goddess Diana bathing in the woods. She didn’t want him to boast about having seen her naked, so she changed him into a deer. Thereupon he was killed by his own hunting dogs. The small bronze has water jets and outlets which conclude the function being part of a (inner) fountain or a monumental fountain. The goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer left a number of draft drawings for such water constructions.
The bronze statuette with a dear head shows Aktaeon, who had unintentionally cought the goddess Diana bathing in the woods. She didn’t want him to boast about having seen her naked, so she changed him into a deer. Thereupon he was killed by his own hunting dogs. The small bronze has water jets and outlets which conclude the function being part of a (inner) fountain or a monumental fountain. The goldsmith Wenzel Jamnitzer left a number of draft drawings for such water constructions.
Imitator of:
Wenzel Jamnitzer (um 1508 Wien - 1585 Nürnberg) DNB
Time:
3. Viertel 16. Jahrhundert
Object Name
Statuette, Bronze, Kleinbronze, Aktäon, Brunnenfigur, Brunnenbekrönung
Culture
Süddeutsch, Nürnberg (?)
Dimensions:
H. 31 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 10014
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