Diana and Her Nymphs Surprised by Actaeon
Diana and Her Nymphs Surprised by Actaeon
Artist
Theodor de Bry
Franco-Flemish, 1528-1598
Datemid 16th-late 16th Century
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 x 4 9/16 in. (14.6 x 11.6 cm)
MediumEtching
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineWilliam J. Hitchcock Fund in Memory of Grace J. Hitchcock
Object number
1993.82
Not on View
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Exhibition HistoryTMA, Storytelling in Miniature, October 7, 2011-March 4, 2012.Label TextDepicting the same subject as the print nearby by his son Johann de Bry, Theodor de Bry here shows the moment that goddess of the hunt Diana (seated) begins transforming the hapless Actaeon into a stag for discovering the goddess and her nymphs bathing in the wood. The hounds are beginning to turn on their master as antlers emerge from his head.- Works on Paper
![Diana and Her Nymphs being Surprised by Acteon [after Joseph Heintz (Swiss, 1564-1609)]](/internal/media/dispatcher/54605/thumbnail)
Johann Theodor de Bry
late 16th-early 17th Century
Francisco de Goya
1793-1798
Francisco de Goya
1793-1798
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