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Diana with Attributes of the Hunt
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Diana with Attributes of the Hunt

16th century

Medium

Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on buff paper

Dimensions

8 5/8 x 5 11/16 in. (21.9 x 14.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Van Day Truex Fund and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2001

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Antoine Caron

1521–1599France

Known for his elongated forms, gaudy colors, and strange architecture and space; one of the few French painters of his era to have a distinctive style; his work reflects the unstable atmosphere of the Valois court during the Wars of Religion (1560-1598). Comment on works: history