Diana and Actaeon

Diana and Actaeon

Title

Diana and Actaeon

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Amsterdam 1968, no. 88]

This representation of Diana und Actaeon shows Diana naked except for an elaborate necklace accompanied by five of her nymphs, wearing slightly more discrete chokers. They are bathing in a river, while on the left Actaeon has been partially transformed into a stag, retaining his human form only from the

This representation of Diana und Actaeon shows Diana naked except for an elaborate necklace accompanied by five of her nymphs, wearing slightly more discrete chokers. They are bathing in a river, while on the left Actaeon has been partially transformed into a stag, retaining his human form only from the waist down. Two of his hunting dogs rush towards him snarling. A stag hunt can be seen in a clearing in the background.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 409C]

Production date
about 1537

Production date

about 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 409C]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 57 x 77 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 57 x 77 cm

  • [Handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom right, below the second dog: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom right, below the second dog: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P397
FR (1978) Nr.
FR409C
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P397/

Provenance

  • Property of G. C. Beireisz, Weimar [1]
  • Berlin, Galerie P. Cassirer, 1931
  • sale in Düsseldorf, 1933 [1]
  • Amsterdam, Galerie P. de Boer, Cat. 1968, no. 88
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 409C]
  • sold at Sotheby's, London, 03.1983, no. 22
    [1][Exhib. Cat. Amsterdam 1968, no. 88]
    [Handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Exhibitions

Frankfurt 1928, no. 4
Almelo 1953, no. 10
Amsterdam 1968, no. 88

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 409C
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Amsterdam 1968 88 Pl. XII
Authorn. a.
EditorKunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam
TitleCatalogue de tableaux anciens. [Kunsthandel P. de Boer N.V., Amsterdam, - 12.06.1968]
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication1968
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 90 329c
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 1928 C 4 Fig.
Authorn. a.
EditorKunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam
TitleCatalogus van schilderijen in het bezit van de N. V. Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam. [Alt Holländische Galerie Otto Busch, Frankfurt a. M.]
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication1928
Show Literature
  • Diana and Actaeon, about 1537

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