Sujet
Diana Reposing, c1859. Creator: Paul-Jacques-Aime Baudry.
Légende
Diana Reposing, c1859. The nude goddess, identified by the crescent moon in her hair and the bow and quiver at her side, reclines on a blue drapery in front of a recumbent stag in a wooded glade. An early inscription identifies this painting as a variant sketch for an overdoor in the hôtel of Achille Fould, the Minster of State. The hôtel, on the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, was acquired by the Duc d'Aumale in 1872, and its decor was transferred to the Château of Chantilly six years later. The overdoor, "Diane au repos," and another, "Venus jouant avec l'Amour," were both mounted in the Galerie des Cerfs. The actual overdoor is painted in "grisaille" unlike our sketch which is in naturalistic colors. In the overdoor the majestic stag is an integral part of the composition, whereas in this sketch he is barely discernible in the right background.
Date
01 janv. 0001
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM23B22_099
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
41,4Mo (1,5Mo) / 42,0cm x 24,7cm / 4960 x 2914 (300dpi)