Acteaon and His Hounds

1630-1639 (Baroque)

8.2 cm 10.1 cm 6.6 cm

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In the Roman writer Ovid's tale of the unfortunate Actaeon, the hunter accidentally came across Diana, the chaste goddess of the moon and the hunt, and her nymphs bathing in a forest lake. No mortal was permitted to see Diana naked and live. She transformed Actaeon into a st...

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Mr. Mathias Komor, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1957, by purchase.
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