File:Jean de Court - Ewer with the Triumph of Diana and Josiah Reading the Law - Walters 44167.jpg

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Jean de Court: Ewer with the Triumph of Diana and Josiah Reading the Law   (  )
Artist	Jean de Court  (1530–1584)     Alternative names Jean De Court Description French painter and enamelist Date of birth/death circa 1530 date QS:P,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 1584  Location of birth/death Limoges, France Paris Work period 1570s date QS:P,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 Work location Paris  Authority file : Q3131632 VIAF: 95775643 ULAN: 500015431 WGA: c/court_j GND: 128808233 RKD: 21334 artist QS:P170,Q3131632
Title	Ewer with the Triumph of Diana and Josiah Reading the Law
Description	English: This ewer was a wedding gift to Francis II (reigned 1562-67) from his bride, Mary Stuart. On the upper band, Diana, chaste goddess of the hunt, rides on a cart in victorious procession, followed by nymphs and animals. Venus and Cupid, goddess and god of carnal love, are tied up on the back of the cart, representing chastity's control over desire. The theme is often found on 16th-century marriage gifts and, here, acknowledges the responsibility of a queen to ensure the purity of the family's blood line. The scene below-from the Old Testament book of 2 Kings, in which Josiah, king of Judah, reads the law publicly, reaffirming the covenant with God-evokes the greatest responsibility of a king: to rule righteously. Both scenes were adapted from contemporary prints.
Date	circa 1562 date QS:P571,+1562-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Early Modern)
Medium	painted enamel on copper
Dimensions	H: 28.2 cm (11.1 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	44.167
Place of creation	Limoges, France
Object history	Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, Paris, April 17, 1893, no. 542 Charles Borradaile, Brighton, England, by purchase George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	A Renaissance Gem Revealed: Petrarch's Triumphs Disbound. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2002.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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