Diana with Nymphs and Satyrs
unknown (Dutch School)
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-205
- Author
- unknown (Dutch School)
- Name
- Diana with Nymphs and Satyrs
- Date of creation
- 17th c.
- Country
- Netherlands
- Culture
- Modern times
- Technique
- carving
- Material
- ivory
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 27.5 x 33.5
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture (relief)
- Genre
- mythological painting
- Plot
- Diana with nymphs and satyrs
- Provenance
- Collection of Leon Pininski
Information about author
Object description
Diana is a character in Roman mythology, the goddess of the moon and the hunt, the patroness of mothers-to-be, and the protector of flora and fauna. In ancient Rome, she took on the characteristics of ancient Greek Artemis, Selene, and Hecate. Like Artemis, Diana was depicted with hunting implements, animals and deities embodying the forces of nature – nymphs and satyrs. In the work from the Gallery's collection, Diana is surrounded by a weave of naked female bodies and drapery, forming an elliptical plastic whirlpool associated with the vital energies of nature. The scene is flanked by a mighty centuries-old tree with hunting horns and a quiver of arrows, the other marking the centre of the composition. Diana's unity with the natural elements is visualised in the forest landscape. The relief is the work of a Dutch master carver, as evidenced by the ornamentation, the thoroughness of the landscape, the squatness and "fullness" of the sculptural forms.
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