Diana, reverse copy from a suite of ornament designs with grotesques and deities
Print copied after a series of six oval plates with ornament designs with grotesque motifs and divinities, designed by Étienne Delaune before 1559. This print represents Diana, standing on a canopy in the center of the oval, with her head turned to the right. She is represented in accordance with traditional iconography: raising a crescent moon with her left hand, another crescent moon crowning her head, holding a spear on her left hand, and two latched leaping dogs by her sides. Other motifs around the goddess include two grotesque snails, a butterfly, two cornucopias, two fuming vases, and another vase framed by two crowns, often used as decorative elements in designs with grotesques by Delaune.
Artwork Details
- Title: Diana, reverse copy from a suite of ornament designs with grotesques and deities
- Artist: Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen (French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels) (?)
- Artist: After Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg)
- Date: 18th century (?)
- Medium: Woodblock (?)
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 1 11/16 × 1 1/4 in. (4.3 × 3.1 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.75.22
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Etienne Delaune
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1773
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