Plate: Diana and Acteon (1522): Art, History and Details

Plate: Diana and Acteon (1522) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, 1465?–1553).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Alfred Pringsheim was a German Jewish collector. During Kristallnacht, in November 1938, the SS seized Pringsheim's maiolica collection from his home in Munich. It was stored in the annex to the Bayerishches National Museum, Munich. In March 1939, the German Ministry of Trade authorized export of Pringsheim's maiolica collection to London for auction at Sotheby's, provided that 80% of the proceeds up to £20,000 and 70% of the remainder be paid to the German Gold Discount Bank in foreign currency. Pringsheim was to receive the remaining proceeds. In exchange, Pringsheim and his wife were allowed to emigrate to Switzerland. After the war, the Pringsheim heirs received restitution of the sale proceeds paid to the Reichsbank.

Object facts

• Title: Plate: Diana and Acteon
• Date: 1522
• Creator attribution: Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian, 1465?–1553)
• Culture: Italy, Gubbio, 16th century
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: tin-glazed earthenware with gold and red lustre (maiolica)
• Dimensions: Diameter: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1940.13

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Pringsheim, Alfred, Annette von Eckardt, and Otto von Falke. Die Majolikasammlung Alfred Pringsheim in München. [Leiden]: A.W. Sijthoff, 1914.
• Sotheby & Co., London. Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Italian Majolica: The Property of Dr. Alfred Pringsheim of Munich, the Second and Final Portion. July 19-20, 1939.
• Milliken, William. "Italian Majolica." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 3 (March 1940): 32-25.

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