Diana and Actaeon, ca. 1610 – 1612

Title

Diana and Actaeon

Draughtsman

• Cornelis van Poelenburch ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• composition study
• handicraft design

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Diana
• Actaeon

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ovid

Illustrated Passage

• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 3, 135-250

Primary

• 92C3521 Diana bathing with her nymphs
• 95A(ACTAEON)5 the Greek heroic legends (ACTAEON): heroes (ACTAEON) - non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships
• 31A314 spying on someone
• 97C1(+0) Actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, Diana changes Actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 193) (+ variant)

Alternative Attribution

• Paulus van Vianen draughtsman; by literature