Diana Bathing with her Nymphs with Actaeon and Callisto
| Diana Bathing with her Nymphs with Actaeon and Callisto | |
|---|---|
Rembrandt van Rijn | |
| Year | 1634 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 168 cm × 93.5 cm (66 in × 36.8 in) |
| Location | Wasserburg Anholt, Anholt, Germany |
Diana Bathing with her Nymphs with Actaeon and Callisto is a 1634 painting by the Dutch painter
Rembrandt van Rijn. It is now in the Salm-Salm princely collection in the Wasserburg Anholt in Anholt, Germany
.
It shows two episodes from
Jupiter's child. For this, Diana expels her from her court and she later gives birth to Arcas before being turned into a bear by Juno
, whom Arcas almost kills whilst hunting.
Unusually, the painting also includes an image of an elderly couple unrelated to either of the two stories (background) and a middle-aged nymph (in the foreground).
See also
Bibliography
- W. Busch: Das keusche und das unkeusche Sehen, Rembrandts „Diana, Aktäon und Kallisto“, in: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, Bd. 52, München 1989, S. 257–277.
- S. Grohé: Rembrandts mythologische Historien, Köln 1996, S. 195–223. (ISBN 3412099945)
- C. Janicek: Rembrandts "Bad der Diana mit Aktäon und Kallisto", Diplomarbeit, Universität Wien, 2004.
- E. J. Sluijter: De 'Heydensche Fabulen' in de Noordnederlandse Schilderkunst circa 1590-1670. Een proeve van beschrijving en interpretatie van schilderijen met verhalende onderwerpen uit de klassieke mythologie, Dissertation, Leiden 1986.
- A. W. Vliegenthart, Einige Bemerkungen zu Rembrandts Aktäon und Kallisto, in: Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 23, 1972, S. 85–94.
