Portrait of a Woman as Diana
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 100.4 × 79.5 cm · framed: 127.5 × 107.5 × 10 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of John L. Severance
Accession Number
1942.643
Tags
male
About this artwork
For many years, this sitter was identified as Madame de Pompadour, but she bears little resemblance to this pivotal figure in French art and politics of the mid 1700s. Nattier specialized in portraits of women in mythological guises—in this case, the bow, quiver, and leopard skin, all attributes of Diana, goddess of the hunt.