Recto: Diana Resting with Her Hounds; Verso: Flora Seated by a Vase with Two Harks on the Ground, after Jost Amman
1607 (verso)–ca. 1615 (recto)
Medium
Recto: pen and black ink and gray (olive) wash; Verso: pen and gray ink
Dimensions
7 5/16 x 6 3/16 in. (18.6 x 15.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, David Tunick Gift, 1995
Accession Number
1995.492
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite double-sided drawing, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, showcases the mythological grace of two classical goddesses. On the recto, Diana, the Roman huntress, rests languidly with her loyal hounds at her side, capturing a moment of poised repose amid the wilderness. Flipping to the verso,, goddess of flowers and spring, sits elegantly beside a ornate vase, with two hares playfully at her feet—symbols of fertility and abundance. Created by Hermann Weyer after the renowned 16th-century Swiss-German artist Jost Amman, the work spans circa 16...