# Ewer and basin

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153/ewer-and-basin-ra03fe0d8e3e133>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [VIANEN, Paulus van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Silver, ewer: height 34 cm, basin: 52 x 41 cm

## Commentary

The silver ewer and basin, decorated with mythological scenes \(with episodes from the stories of Diana and Callisto, and Diana and Actaeon\) are the most important works Paulus van Vianen ever produced. The represented scenes gave Van Vianen an opportunity to depict a large number of nude figures in varied poses.

## Related artworks

- [Basin \(underside\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153/basin-underside-r8f19fd36311ac9>)
- [Forest Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153/forest-scene-r57b283ac9b2eea>)
- [River Landscape with Ratsmen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153/river-landscape-with-ratsmen-r13ddcc0e83aafa>)
- [River Valley](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153/river-valley-rc0be0c69bb4b5e>)
- [Scenic Sketch](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153/scenic-sketch-rf9762252df8df0>)
- [View of Tivoli with the Temple of Sybil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153/view-of-tivoli-with-the-temple-of-sybil-r1901c83afd8f72>)
- [Woodland Stream with Bridge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vianen-paulus-van-r967b425d3e0153/woodland-stream-with-bridge-r2455fe7e06810e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)