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拍品专文
The original of the latter of these statues is also known as the Diana of Ephesus, the Diane ' la Biche and the Diane de Versailles, and is in the collection of the Paris Louvre. It was first recorded at Fontainbleu in 1586 and was certainly one of the first statues exported from Italy to France.
On its exhibition, the figure of Diana was conjecturally juxtaposed with a later marble stag, the whole group being some two metres in height. The Diana is probably a copy of a Greek original, executed in the Roman period, and it has been suggested that the group was the work of Leochares, the sculptor thought to have been responsible for the Apollo Belvedere. Indeed, it may well have been his intention that the two statues be seen in unison, as copies of the works are often arranged, as in this lot.
On its exhibition, the figure of Diana was conjecturally juxtaposed with a later marble stag, the whole group being some two metres in height. The Diana is probably a copy of a Greek original, executed in the Roman period, and it has been suggested that the group was the work of Leochares, the sculptor thought to have been responsible for the Apollo Belvedere. Indeed, it may well have been his intention that the two statues be seen in unison, as copies of the works are often arranged, as in this lot.