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Study for 'Diana and Actaeon'

Thomas Gainsborough

Art Funded
1996
Dimensions
27.4 x 36.4 cm
Vendor
Henry Wemyss
This is taken from Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' which describes the hunter Actaeon inadvertently happening upon the goddess Diana bathing with her nymphs.

Enraged that a mortal has seen her naked, Diana throws water at Actaeon, transforming him into a stag, which is subsequently devoured by his hunting hounds. This is the earliest of three surviving studies for the work in the Royal Collection.

Provenance

Sir Richard Wallace; Sir John Murray Scott; Lady sackville; Nigel Nicholson; Marchioness of Angsley; Hon. Rupert Paget; Sothebys.

Black & white chalk with grey & grey-black washes & gouache on buff paper

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