Diana and Actaeon, Bartholomeus Spranger, ca. 1580–1585
Diana and Actaeon, ca. 1580–1585, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white heightening, over traces of black chalk, on paper washed blue and pink, 16 1/4 x 12 5/8in. ( x ), Drawings, Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1546–1611 Prague), This drawing represents the story of Diana and Actaeon, as told in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book III: 138–253). Perched atop a rocky outcropping at upper left, Actaeon looks down upon Diana, who is bathing in the company of nymphs in an enclosed wooded setting
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