Diana, the Goddess of the Moon, the Hunt and Chastity sits on a stag - her attribute - at the centre of the picture. Her twin brother Apollo stands beside her and as Sun God, God of the Arts and Archers he also represents moral strength and physical beauty. Both
Diana, the Goddess of the Moon, the Hunt and Chastity sits on a stag - her attribute - at the centre of the picture. Her twin brother Apollo stands beside her and as Sun God, God of the Arts and Archers he also represents moral strength and physical beauty. Both are shown in front of dense foliage, which reveals a view of a mountainous landscape with a castle.
[Herrschaft, cda 2015]
- Attributions
-
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Hans Cranach
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [http://www.opac-.fabritius.be, 20.01.2011] [Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 193] |
Hans Cranach | [Schade 1973, 116, 117] |
- Production date
- about 1530
Production date
about 1530 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 126, No. 270] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 45 x 31 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 45 x 31 cm
[http://www.opac-.fabritius.be, 20.01.2011]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel:
- top centre:
printed paper label: 'MUSEES ROYAUX DES BEAUX-ARTS / DE BELGIQUE / Sujet / Auteur …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel:
- top centre:
printed paper label: 'MUSEES ROYAUX DES BEAUX-ARTS / DE BELGIQUE / Sujet / Auteur / Inventorie sous le no / Enregistre sous le no. [printed], Apollon et Diane / L. Cranach [handwritten in black ink] /3930 [in black feltpen]'
- top right:
inscription in black ink '[...]poll[...]'
- top left:
remains of an old seal
- Owner
- Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
- Repository
- Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
- Location
- Brussels
- CDA ID
- BE_MRBAB_3930
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR270
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/BE_MRBAB_3930/
- top centre: