Diana and Her Nymphs Surprised by Actaeon

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

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.Exhibition HistoryTMA, Storytelling in Miniature, October 7, 2011-March 4, 2012.

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