Identification title(s): diana and actaeon. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1994-75. Catalog reference: le. Blanc 63. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: diana and her nymphs bathing in the river. They are watched by actaeon who is standing behind a tree. Deer antlers grow on his head. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: pietro aquila (mentioned on object), after a design by: pietro aquila (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: italy. Dating: 1660 - 1692. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: image: h 133 mm (cut off inside plate edge. ) × w 186 mm (cut off inside plate edge. ) subject: what: actaeon changed into a stag: as punishment for seeing her bathe, diana changes actaeon, the hunter, into a stag (ovid, metamorphoses iii 193). Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1994. Date: between 1660 and 1692.
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