© National Gallery, London
The Death of Actaeon
Artist: Titian (circa 1488 - 1576)
Location: National Gallery
Date: 1559
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 178 x 198 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £100,000 (Total: £1,763,000)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 2444 (1972)
Export Stopped
Provenance:
Painted for Phillip II of Spain, but not know if it ever reached the King; Archduke Leopold William, Brussels; Queen Christina of Sweden; Dukes of Orleans, Paris; Sir Abraham Hume; the Earls of Brownlow; the Earls of Harewood; Christie's; J.Paul Getty Museum.
Description:
Depicts a subject from Ovid of Diana turning the peeping Actaeon into a stag to be killed by his own hounds.
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