Diana and Actaeon (Corot)

Diana and Actaeon
Artist	Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Year	1836
Type	Oil on canvas, historical landscape painting
Dimensions	156.5 cm× 112.7 cm(61.6 in× 44.4 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Diana and Actaeon is an 1836 history painting by the French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. It depicts a scene from the story of Diana and Actaeon based on the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses . Actaeon, a young hunter, comes across the goddess Diana and her nymphs enjoying a nude swim in the woods. In a fit of fury Diana transforms him into a deer. The painting is also known by the alternative title Diana Surprised in Her Bath. ^{[1] [2]}

The work was displayed at the Salon of 1836 at the Louvre in Paris. Today the painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, having been acquired in 1975. ^[3]

References

1. Tinterow, Pantazzi & Pomarède p.160
2. Baetjer p.404
3. "Diana and Actaeon (Diana Surprised in Her Bath)". June 12, 1836 – via The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bibliography

• Baetjer, Katharine. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865. Metropolitan Museum of Artz 1995.
• Tinterow, Gary, Pantazzi, Michael & Pomarède, Vincent. Corot. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.