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- Reference number
- P07765
- Author
- Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish)
- Title
- Diana and her Nymphs, Hunting
- Chronology
- Ca. 1636
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 26,6 cm x 57,2 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- DACION
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 2000
Recognizable by the
crescent-moon-shaped diadem on her
head, Diana hunts deer with spears
and dogs, accompanied by various
nymphs.
The extremely horizontal
composition is one of the
peculiarities of this work, which
belongs to an important sect of
sketches made by Rubens for the
pictorial decoration of the Torre
de la Parada.
On these small panels, the painter
defined the design, colors, forms
and structure of the future work so
that one of his assistants could
make the definitive canvas. Of all
the surviving works from this set,
the present may be one of the most
significant due to its special
dynamism and expressivity.
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