Diana and Actaeon
1544
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 43 × 58 cm (16 15/16 × 22 7/8 in.); Plate: 43.6 × 58.7 cm (17 3/16 × 23 1/8 in.); Sheet: 49.3 × 68.5 cm (19 7/16 × 27 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
104229
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Under the patronage of Francis I, the Royal Palace of Fontainebleau was decorated with paintings and stucco-work by Italian Mannerist artists. A print workshop was also established there to record and publicize the achievements of the masters working at the isolated palace. Jean Mignon was one of the principal printmakers of the Fontainebleau School; this splendid etching, based on a drawing by Luca Penni, displays the extreme elegance and refined, attenuated figures of the Fontainebleau style. ...