A wooded landscape with Diana and her nymphs bathing in a rocky pool

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Follower of Jacopo Tintoretto
A wooded landscape with Diana and her nymphs bathing in a rocky pool
oil on canvas
13 x 13 7/8 in. (33.1 x 35.3 cm.)

Provenance

George Durlacher; Christie's, London, 8 April 1938, lot 100, as ‘Il Tintoretto’ (360 gns.), where acquired by the following.
with Agnew's, London, where acquired by the father of the present owner.

Lot Essay

In his Metamorphoses, Ovid relates that Diana, goddess of the hunt, bathed with her nymphs in a stream of clear water. Here, only the nymphs immerse themselves in the water while Diana reclines languorously on the bank under a red canopy.

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