Lot number 3510 - Auction 146
DIANA UND AKTAION

PROBABLY JOHANN ALEXANDER THIELE 26 March 1685 Erfurt - 22 May 1752 Dresden DIANA AND ACTAEON Oil on canvas (relined). 102 x 127 cm (F. 108 x 134 cm). Verso: on stretcher old paper label of Helmer Ericson Restoration, Santa Barbara, California. Part. slightly old rest., old retouching. Frame. The Greek myth behind this composition tells the story of the hunter Aktaion. After he had surprised and looked at the naked Artemis while she was bathing by a stream, Diana turned him into a stag as punishment, who was then torn apart by his own dogs. Provenance: Rhenish private collection.