Diana in the Bath
c. 1533
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 4.7 × 7.8 cm (1 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
77511
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
In this intimately scaled print Georg Pencz depicted the story of Diana and Actaeon from the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The hunter Actaeon stumbles upon Diana, Roman goddess of hunting and chastity, and her attendants bathing. Diana punishes Actaeon by splashing him with water from the pool, transforming him into a deer. In this version, Pencz showed Actaeon mid- transformation with a deer-like head and human body. In the background, between the heads of Diana and her attendant, you can se...
About the Artist
Georg Pencz · 1490–1550
Comment on works: Religious; History; Portraits