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Description: | The painting depicts Diana, goddess of hunting, transforming Actaeon into a stag as a punishment for having discovered her naked whilst bathing at a spring (Ovid, Metamorphoses, III:138-253). Diana, her crescent moon gleaming in her hair, looks at Actaeon running away, sprouting stag's horns. Nymphs are in different poses, some trying to conceal their nudity. The painting is attributed to Filippo Lauri. The nymph at bottom left is taken from Domenichino's Hunt of Diana in the Borghese Gallery, Rome. Francesco Albani's paintings are another possible source. | Subjects: | III:138-253; Diana and Actaeon) Metamorphoses mythology (Ovid | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Lauri, Filippo (Italian painter, 1623-1694) Æ Attributed to circle of Attributed to imitator of Lauri, Filippo (Italian painter, 1623-1694) Previously attributed to school of Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (Italian painter, 1571-1610) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8398... | Go to resource |
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