Oil paint on canvas
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Diana and her Nymphs Bathing
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
adults
Artemis / Diana
bathing / swimming
classical myths: creatures
classical myths: gods and heroes
curtain
female
forest
furnishings
group
groups
landscape
leisure and pastimes
nudes
nymph
objects
people
pool
recreational activities
religion and belief
water: inland
woman
<p>This subject is loosely based on the <i>Metamorphoses</i> by the Roman poet, Ovid. Diana, goddess of the chase, is interrupted by a hunter, Actaeon, while bathing. She punishes him by turning him into a stag, and he is eaten by his own dogs.Stothard here shows a debt to the colouring and sensuality of Venetian painting, such as Titian's<i> Diana and Aacteon</i>, which had been bought by the Duke of Bridgewater in 1798. The London art market had boomed after the French Revolution, and the growth of great private collections which were open for viewing was an important influence on artists.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2007</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
25 July 2005 – 26 July 2009
2009-07-26
25 July 2005
2005-07-25
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-07-25
Romantic Painting in Britain
Collection based display
1 June 2011 – 30 September 2011
2011-09-30
1 June 2011 – 30 September 2011
2011-09-30
2011-06-01
Gainsborough’s House (Sudbury, UK)
2011-06-01
Diana and Actaeon
Loan-out
25 April 2014 – 19 October 2014
2014-10-19
25 April 2014 – 19 October 2014
2014-10-19
2014-04-25
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-04-25
Bodies of Nature
Collection based display
Diana and her Nymphs Bathing
support: 508 × 610 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>This subject is loosely based on the <i>Metamorphoses</i> by the Roman poet, Ovid. Diana, goddess of the chase, is interrupted by a hunter, Actaeon, while bathing. She punishes him by turning him into a stag, and he is eaten by his own dogs.Stothard here shows a debt to the colouring and sensuality of Venetian painting, such as Titian's<i> Diana and Aacteon</i>, which had been bought by the Duke of Bridgewater in 1798. The London art market had boomed after the French Revolution, and the growth of great private collections which were open for viewing was an important influence on artists.</p>

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adults Artemis / Diana bathing / swimming classical myths: creatures classical myths: gods and heroes curtain female forest furnishings group groups landscape leisure and pastimes nudes nymph objects people pool recreational activities religion and belief water: inland woman