Diana and Actaeon
1607 | Joachim Wtewael
Joachim Wtewael, who was familiar with the painting of Mannerism because of his training in Florence and Fontainebleau, belonged to a group of Dutch painters who were active in Catholic Utrecht in particular and who completely adopted the style of Bartholomäus Spranger with his twisted figures depicted in complicated motion. The story from Greek mythology of the hunter Actaeon who because of his curiosity was turned into a stag by the goddess Diana offered the painter the opportunity of showing numerous lively nude figures in a forest landscape.
Joachim Wtewael, who was familiar with the painting of Mannerism because of his training in Florence and Fontainebleau, belonged to a group of Dutch painters who were active in Catholic Utrecht in particular and who completely adopted the style of Bartholomäus Spranger with his twisted figures depicted in complicated motion. The story from Greek mythology of the hunter Actaeon who because of his curiosity was turned into a stag by the goddess Diana offered the painter the opportunity of showing numerous lively nude figures in a forest landscape.
Artist:
Joachim Wtewael (1566 - 1638 Utrecht) DNB
Time:
1607
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 57,5 cm × 78 cm
Framed: 71,5 cm × 91,5 cm × 5 cm
Signed
Inscribed at lower left: Joachim Wte Wael fecit 1607
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1052
Provenance
1619 Imperial Collection Vienna
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