Diana with Two Dogs
Medium
Pen and dark gray ink with brush and gray wash
Dimensions
Overall: 6 5/16 x 5 1/4in. (16 x 13.3cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.1194
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Diana with Two Dogs*, a delicate 17th-century drawing to either French artist Georges Lallemand or an anonymous German master. This intimate sheet captures the Roman goddess of the hunt in dynamic poise, bow and arrow at the ready, flanked by her loyal hounds—a classic emblem of her wild, untamed domain in mythology. Acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund 1947, it resides in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department, exemplifying the era's fascination with classical deities amid the Baroque's dramatic flair. Executed in pen and dark gray ink heightened with b...
About the Artist
Georges Lallemand|Anonymous, German, 17th century · 1575–1636
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