Diana and three nymphs from "Diana Returning from the Chase"
The signature "O.S. de K." cannot be identified. This engraving is comparable to one in the British Museum by Carlo Domenico Melini, also after a detail of "Diana Returning from the Chase" by Rubens in Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.
Artwork Details
- Title: Diana and three nymphs from "Diana Returning from the Chase"
- Artist: Anonymous (O.S. de K.)
- Artist: After Carlo Domenico Melini (Italian, active Paris, 1740–1795)
- Artist: After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp)
- Date: ca. 1750–1850
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 5 7/8 × 3 9/16 in. (14.9 × 9 cm)
Sheet (Trimmed): 6 in. × 3 11/16 in. (15.3 × 9.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
- Object Number: 51.501.7658
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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