Casket with mythological scenes

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This tiny casket opens a window onto the past, taking us into the domestic world of 16th-century Italy and offering a glimpse into the private lives of Renaissance women. It was once the cherished possession of a woman who used it to hold trinkets and treasures such as cosmetics, perfumes, and jewelry. It illustrates scenes found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, amorous but moralizing tales that relate to different aspects of love. Stories like the Judgment of Paris (depicted on the front of the casket), and Orpheus’s loss of his wife Eurydice (on the right side) promoted the virtues of devotion, sacrifice, loyalty, and honor while condemning the vices of unbridled passion, vanity, and faithlessness. Purchase with funds from Gaetano and Susan Vicinelli (Class of 1964) and the Art Acquisition FundDigitised by Laura Weston, 2019 - [email protected]

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Art has the power to transform the way we experience and understand the world around us. As an institution dedicated to our teaching mission, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum sparks learning and creativity through direct engagement with its rich collections of art and material culture. Providing intimate encounters with original objects is the centerpiece of the work we do with both our academic and community visitors.

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