Diana and Actaeon

1602

Not on view

This drawing depicts the ancient Greco-Roman myth in which the hunter Actaeon stumbles upon the goddess Diana’s secret grove and sees her bathing with her nymphs. In anger, Diana transforms the mortal man into a stag so that he will be killed by his own hunting dogs. Pecham situates the characters amidst overgrown ruins, concentrating his attention on the way light filters through the tall, leafy trees and casts delicate shadows on the figures’ fleshy bodies.

Artwork Details

Title: Diana and Actaeon
Artist: Georg Pecham (German, Munich ca. 1568–1604 Munich)
Date: 1602
Medium: Pen and black ink and brown and blue wash over traces of black chalk
Dimensions: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.3 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1939
Object Number: 39.81.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

By Georg Pecham

In the same medium

From the same time and place

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

The Assumption of the Virgin with the Five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, Georg Pecham German, Pen and black ink and gray wash — The Assumption of the Virgin with the Five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
Georg Pecham
Caspar Fraisinger
late 16th–early 17th century

The Raising of the Youth of Naim, Georg Pecham German, Pen and black ink, gray wash, white bodycolour; on a counterproof of a pen drawing — The Raising of the Youth of Naim
Georg Pecham
late 16th–early 17th century

Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones, Georg Pecham German, Pen and black ink, and brown, blue and pink wash — Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry Bones
Georg Pecham
Gotthard Ringgli
late 16th–mid-17th century

An Allegory of Fortune with Two River Gods, Hans Jakob Ebelmann German, Pen and black ink and gray and blue wash over black chalk — An Allegory of Fortune with Two River Gods
Hans Jakob Ebelmann
1624

Border Designs for the Mortlake "Acts of the Apostles" Tapestries, Franz Cleyn German, Watercolor with white heightening, details in pen and ink and graphite — Border Designs for the Mortlake "Acts of the Apostles" Tapestries
Franz Cleyn
ca. 1626–36

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.