1.1 Big Celebration Extreme Club (Haomen shengdian zhizun hui
1.2 Copy of Augustus Prima Porta statue at Big Celebration Extreme Club (Haomen hengdian zhizun hui
1.3 Copy of Augustus Prima Porta statue at Big Celebration Extreme Club (Haomen shengdian zhizun hui
3.1 Table 1: Three Early Print Suites Illustrating the Metamorphoses 72
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A. Jupiter and Callisto (Metamorphoses 2)
Porcelain: milk jug, ca. 1750, painted en grisaille, three views, Alberto Santos, London
Print: 1606, by Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630), Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-37.787)
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B. Vertumnus and Pomona (Metamorphoses 14)
Porcelain: teapot stand, ca. 1745, Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
Print: ca. 1607 by Crispin de Passe II (ca. 1564–1637), Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-15.992)
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C. Dryope (Metamorphoses 9)
Porcelain: lobed dish, ca. 1750, Private Collection
Print: c.1640, by Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607–1641), William Motley Collection
3.2 Table 2: Group of Chinese Teawares using illustrations by Sébastien Le Clerc (1637–1714) and François Chauveau (1613–1676) 75
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D.1 Apollo & Isse (Metamorphoses 6)
Porcelain: teaware, early Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Christian van Hagen (active 1663–1688) after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
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D.2 Pyramis & Thisbe (Metamorphoses 4)
Porcelain: teaware, early Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Private Collection
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Christian van Hagen (active 1663–1688) after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
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D.3 Jupiter & Mnemosyne (Metamorphoses 6)
Porcelain: teaware, early Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Rob Michiels, Bruges
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Christian van Hagen (active 1663–1688) after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
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D.4 Alpheus & Arethusa (Metamorphoses 5)
Porcelain: teaware, early Qianlong period, ca. 1745, private collection
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Christian van Hagen (active 1663–1688) after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
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D.5 Death of Procris (Metamorphoses 7)
Porcelain: teaware, early Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Nicolas Fournery, Paris
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Christian van Hagen (active 1663–1688) after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
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D.7 Melanthöe (Metamorphoses 6)
Porcelain: teaware, early Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Zeeuws Museum, Middleberg, NL
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Christian van Hagen (active 1663–1688) after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
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D.11 Cephalus & Procris in bed (Metamorphoses 7)
Porcelain: teaware, early Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Christie’s, New York
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Christian van Hagen (active 1663–1688) after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
3.3 Table 3: Chinese Export Porcelain based upon prints from various editions of Isaac de Benserade’s translation of Metamorphoses 76
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D.6 Derceto & Nais (Metamorphoses 4)
Porcelain: detail of teapot, ca. 1720–1730, private collection
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Christian van Hagen (active 1663–1688) after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
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D. 8 Apollo & Cupid (Metamorphoses 1)
Porcelain: Detail of plate, ca. 1750, private collection
Enamel on copper mid-18th century, Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, UK
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Johann Ulrich Krauss (1655–1719) in Die Verwandlungen des Ovidii: in zweyhundert und sechs- und zwantzig Kupffern, Augsburg, 1690, after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
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D.10 Orpheus and the Animals (Metamorphoses 10)
Porcelain: detail of saucer, ca. 1760, private collection
Print: 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses, reengraved by Johann Ulrich Krauss (1655–1719) in Die Verwandlungen des Ovidii: in zweyhundert und sechs- und zwantzig Kupffern, Augsburg, 1690, after the 1676 originals by Le Clerc and Chauveau, William Motley Collection
3.4 Table 4: Chinese export porcelain based upon prints from various editions of Isaac de Benserade’s translation of Metamorphoses 77
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D.9 Scylla and Glaucus (indirectly used, Metamorphoses 14)
Porcelain: detail of plate, ca. 1750, private collection
Print: from 1679 van Hagen edition of the Benserade Metamorphoses (copied into the print below), William Motley Collection
Print: Anonymous print, ca. 1715 from Daniel van Hoogstraten Goden & Godinnen (first ed. 1716) but this image is from the 1742 ed. using the same copper plates, possibly engraved by Jan van Vianen (1660–1726), William Motley Collection
3.5 Table 5: Loves of the Gods, Scenes derived from Metamorphoses from a suite of prints by Bernard Picart (1673–1733), ca. 1708 79
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Top: Neptune and Bisaltis (Metamorphoses 6)
Porcelain: dinner plate, Qianlong Period ca. 1750, Thomas Lurie Collection, Columbus, Ohio
Print: 1708, by Bernard Picart, William Motley Collection
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Center: Triumph of Galatea (Metamorphoses 13)
Porcelain: dinner plate, Qianlong Period ca. 1750, private collection
Print: 1708, by Bernard Picart, (after Karl Gustav Klingstedt, 1657–1734), William Motley Collection
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Bottom: Jupiter and Semele (Metamorphoses Book 3)
Porcelain: Detail of center of dinner plate, Qianlong Period ca. 1750, Hervouët and Bruneau 1986 (No. 13.44), Flammarion, Paris, with permission from the author
Print: 1708, by Bernard Picart. An oval version exists published chez Duflos, Paris. The original drawing by Picart is in the Rijksmuseum (No. RP-T-1887-A-1379), William Motley Collection.
3.6 Table 6: Some examples of allegorical images derived from Ovid 80
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Sight (Venus and Adonis, Metamorphoses 10):
Porcelain: saucer, Qianlong Period, ca. 1740, private collection
Print: ca. 1710, La Veüe from a series of The Five Senses, William Motley Collection
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Smell (Zephyrus and Flora, Fasti 5):
Porcelain: detail of the central panel of a saucer, Qianlong Period, ca. 1770, S. Marchant & Son, London
Print of L’Odorat from a series of The Five Senses, William Motley Collection
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Earth (Cybele, Fasti 4):
Porcelain: detail of the central panel of a soup plate, Qianlong Period, ca. 1755–1760, Polly Latham, Boston
Print: c.1710, La Terre by Edmé Jeaurat (1688–1738) after Nicolas Vleughels (1688–1737), from a series The Elements, William Motley Collection
3.7 Table 7: Loves of the Gods, from a series engraved by Gaspard Duchange (1662–1757), after various artists 81
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Top: Jupiter and Juno on Mt. Ida (Iliad 14)
Porcelain: dinner plate, Qianlong Period, ca. 1745, Thomas Lurie Collection, Columbus, Ohio
Print: ca. 1720, engraved by Elias Schaffhauser (1684–1738), published by Jeremias Wolff (1663–1724) in Augsburg, after an engraving by Gaspar Duchange, after a painting by Antoine Coypel (1661–1722), William Motley Collection
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Center: Danaë and Jupiter (Metamorphoses 4)
Porcelain: teapot stand, Qianlong Period, ca. 1750, Rob Michiels, Bruges
Print: ca. 1710, by Gaspar Duchange, ca. 1710, after Antonio da Correggio (1489–1534), William Motley Collection
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Bottom: Leda and the Swan (Metamorphoses 6)
Porcelain: detail of center of teapot, Qianlong Period, ca. 1745, Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
Print: ca. 1710, by Gaspar Duchange, after Antonio Correggio (1489–1534), William Motley Collection
3.8 Table 8: Punchbowl scenes from 1732 edition of Metamorphoses 83
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F.1 Fall of Phaethon (Metamorphoses 2)
Porcelain: punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745–1750, Ex-Mottahedeh Collection (Private Collection), Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
Print: by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732) in Garth’s translation (Amsterdam 1732), after Crispijn de Passe II (ca. 1585–1670), after Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596–1675), William Motley Collection
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F.2 Triumph of Bacchus (Metamorphoses 5)
Porcelain: interior of punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745–1750, Ex-Mottahedeh Collection (Private Collection), Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
Print: drawn and engraved by Bernard Picart (1673–1733) in Garth’s translation of Metamorphoses (Amsterdam 1732), William Motley Collection
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F.3 Perseus & Andromeda (Metamorphoses 4)
Porcelain: punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745–1750, Ex-Mottahedeh Collection (Private Collection), Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
Print: by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732) in Garth’s translation of Metamorphoses (Amsterdam 1732), William Motley Collection
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F.4 Rape of Proserpina, Metamorphoses 5
Porcelain: punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745–1750, Ex-Mottahedeh Collection (Private Collection), Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
Print: by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732) in Garth’s translation of Metamorphoses (Amsterdam 1732), William Motley Collection
3.9 Table 9: Scenes from 1732 edition of Metamorphoses 84
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F.5 Venus & Adonis (Metamorphoses 10)
Porcelain: detail of center of plate, ca. 1755, PO 9158: Porzellansammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, photo by Adrian Sauer
Print: ca. 1650, by Crispin de Passe II I (ca. 1564–1637), Rijkmuseum (RP-P-2014-34-65). The collection also has a bowl with this design matching the plate
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F.6 Adonis Going Hunting (Metamorphoses 1)
Mother of pearl carved panel: Alistair Gibson Antiques, London
Print: 1732, probably by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732) after Crispin de Passe II I (ca. 1564–1637), after Joachim Wtewael (1566–1638), William Motley Collection
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F.7 Immolation of Iphigenia (Metamorphoses 12)
Mother of pearl carved panel: Alastair Gibson Antiques, London
Print: 1732, by Bernard Picart (1673–1733), after Pietro Testa (1611–1650), William Motley Collection
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F.8 Achilles on Skyros (Metamorphoses 13)
Mother of pearl carved panel: Alistair Gibson Antiques, London
Print: 1732, by Jacob Folkema (1692–1767) (in the 1732 Banier edition of Metamorphoses), William Motley Collection. Note that this print appeared in Book 13 of Banier’s edition even though Ovid did not include the story of Achilles on Skyros in the Metamorphoses.
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F.9 Circe Receives Ulysses (Metamorphoses 14)
Mother of pearl carved panel: Alistair Gibson Antiques, London
Print: 1732, probably by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732), William Motley Collection
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F.10 Picus & Circe (Metamorphoses 14)
Mother of pearl carved panel: Alistair Gibson Antiques, London
Print: 1732, probably by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732), after Crispin de Passe II (ca. 1564–1637), inspired by Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630), William Motley Collection
3.10 Table 10: Amours, 1727 85
Porcelain: bowl, Qianlong Period, ca. 1740, Private Collection
Print: 1727, anonymous print for a Dublin edition of Ovid’s Amores, William Motley Collection
4.1 Perseus Rescuing Andromeda (Metamorphoses 4) 100
Print by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732) in Garth’s translation of Metamorphoses (Amsterdam 1732), William Motley Collection
4.2 Rescue of Andromeda (Metamorphoses 4) 100
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745–1750, Ex-Mottahedeh Collection (Private Collection), Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
4.3 Rescue of Andromeda (Metamorphoses 4) 101
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Ancienne Collection François Hervouët, Catalogue No. ML368C172, Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, Ville de Lorient, France. Photographic credit: G. Broudic
4.4 Rescue of Andromeda (Metamorphoses 4) 101
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Thomas Lurie Collection, Columbus, Ohio
4.5 Rescue of Andromeda (Metamorphoses 4) 102
Bowl with scenes of Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, unknown maker, Jingdezhen, China, 1745–50, Lime-glazed, hard-paste porcelain, 1961.0823, Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont, courtesy of Winterthur Museum
4.6 Fall of Phaethon (Metamorphoses 2) 102
Print: by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732) in Garth’s translation (Amsterdam 1732), after Crispijn de Passe II (ca. 1585–1670), after Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596–1675), William Motley Collection
4.7 Fall of Phaethon (Metamorphoses 2) 103
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745–1750, Ex-Mottahedeh Collection (Private Collection), Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
4.8 Fall of Phaethon (Metamorphoses 2) 103
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Ancienne Collection François Hervouët, Catalogue No. ML368C172, Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, Ville de Lorient, France. Photographic credit: G. Broudic
4.9 Fall of Phaethon (Metamorphoses 2) 104
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Thomas Lurie Collection, Columbus, Ohio
4.10 Fall of Phaethon (Metamorphoses 2) 104
Bowl with scene of Fall of Phaethon, unknown maker, Jingdezhen, China, 1745–50, Lime-glazed, hard-paste porcelain, 1961.0823, bequest of Henry Francis du Pont, courtesy of Winterthur Museum
4.11 Rape of Proserpina (Metamorphoses 5) 105
Print by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659–1732) in Garth’s translation of Metamorphoses (Amsterdam 1732), William Motley Collection
4.12 Rape of Proserpina (Metamorphoses 5) 105
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745–1750, Ex-Mottahedeh Collection (Private Collection), Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
4.13 Rape of Proserpina (Metamorphoses 5) 106
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Ancienne Collection François Hervouët, Catalogue No. ML368C172, Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, Ville de Lorient, France. Photographic credit: G. Broudic
4.14 Rape of Proserpina (Metamorphoses 5) 106
Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Thomas Lurie Collection, Columbus, Ohio
4.15 Rape of Proserpina (Metamorphoses 5) 107
Bowl with scene of Rape of Persephone, unknown maker, Jingdezhen, China, 1745–50, Lime-glazed, hard-paste porcelain, 1961.0823, bequest of Henry Francis du Pont, courtesy of Winterthur Museum
4.16 Triumph of Bacchus (Metamorphoses 5) 107
Print drawn and engraved by Bernard Picart (1673–1733) in Garth’s translation of Metamorphoses (Amsterdam 1732), William Motley Collection
4.17 Triumph of Bacchus (Metamorphoses 5) 108
Interior of Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745–1750, Ex-Mottahedeh Collection (Private Collection), Cohen & Cohen, Reigate
4.18 Triumph of Bacchus (Metamorphoses 5) 108
Interior of k punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Ancienne Collection François Hervouët, Catalogue No. ML368C172, Musée de la Compagnie des Indes, Ville de Lorient, France. Photographic credit: G. Broudic
4.19 Triumph of Bacchus (Metamorphoses 5) 109
Interior of Punchbowl, Qianlong period, ca. 1745, Thomas Lurie Collection, Columbus, Ohio
4.20 Triumph of Bacchus (Metamorphoses 5) 109
Bowl with scene of Triumph of Bacchus, unknown maker, Jingdezhen, China, 1745–50, Lime-glazed, hard-paste porcelain, 1961.0823, bequest of Henry Francis du Pont, courtesy of Winterthur Museum