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In Greek mythology Actaeon was a hunter who surprised Diana and was changed by her into a stag torn apart by his own hounds.
This print is after a painting by Joseph Heintz in the Kunst Historisches Museum in Vienna.
Diana Surprised by Actaeon
Artist
Aegidius Sadeler II
(Flemish ; 1570-1629)
Artist
After Joseph Heintz the Elder
(Swiss, 1564 - 1609)
Date16th-17th centuries
Mediumengraving on paper
Dimensions16 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (41.3 × 54.6 cm)
frame: 29 3/4 × 34 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (75.6 × 87 × 3.2 cm)
frame: 29 3/4 × 34 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (75.6 × 87 × 3.2 cm)
Classification(s)
- PRINTS
Credit LineGift of Andrea Stillman
Terms
- Diana
- Actaeon
Object numberM.2017.6
DescriptionAegidius Sadeler was called to Prague in 1597 to be the Kaiserlicher Kupferstecher (Imperial Engraver) for Emperor Rudolf II. Sadeler produced many of his finest engravings under the Emperor’s patronage, and he remained in Prague until his death in 1629.In Greek mythology Actaeon was a hunter who surprised Diana and was changed by her into a stag torn apart by his own hounds.
This print is after a painting by Joseph Heintz in the Kunst Historisches Museum in Vienna.
Catalogue raisonnéHollstein 105, after a painting by J. Heintz, Kunsthistoriesches Museum, Vienna (cat. 1963, no.196)
On View
Not on viewProvenanceEx. coll: Lugt 3047; to unidentified collector (initial 'A' in violet circle); to private Collection, U.S.A.; to Andrea Stillman; to permanent collection
Egyptian, anonymous
Late Ptolemaic-Early Roman Period (100 BC - 200 AD), Ptolemaic -Antonine Dynasty
Egyptian
Late Ptolemaic-Early Roman Period (200 BC -30 BC), Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egyptian, anonymous
Ptolemaic Period (310 BC - 30 BC), Ptolemaic Dynasty