Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase

follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, Britishundated

Details

Title: Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase
Creator: follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Creator Lifespan: 1675/1734
Creator Nationality: British
Creator Gender: male
Date Created: undated
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 6 x 6 1/4 inches (15.2 x 15.9cm)
Subject Keywords: architectural subject, dog (animal), Cervidae (family), Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193), study (visual work), curtains, mythology, putti, women, man, panel (wood), staircase, trees, religious and mythological subject
External Link: See this work of art on the Yale Center for British Art website
Medium: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Repository Name: Yale Center for British Art
Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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