Studio of Johann Rottenhammer (1564-1625)

Actaeon surprising Diana and her nymphs in a grotto, a river god in the foreground

Details

Studio of Johann Rottenhammer (1564-1625)
Actaeon surprising Diana and her nymphs in a grotto, a river god in the foreground
oil on copper
20.8 x 29.2 cm

Provenance

(possibly) Anon. Sale, Dorotheum Vienna, 15 November 1990, lot 298.

Literature

(possibly) Dessins anciens des coles du Nord, Franaises et Italiennes, exhibition catalogue, Haboldt & Co., Paris/New York, 1991, p.64, under no.29.

Lot Essay

The present lot is probably a studio replica after a lost original, for which the preliminary drawing, signed and dated 1595, was with Haboldt & Co, Paris/New York, in 1991.

The subject is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses, III:138-253.

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