http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/97048/diana-the-huntress-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Diana the Huntress: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/97048/diana-the-huntress-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/97048/diana-the-huntress-gallery-label-current Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Diana the Huntress: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2004-12-21</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>The mythological goddess of the hunt, Diana, reclines in a forest setting with her hunting dogs, Syrius and Phocion, observing a hunt underway in the middle ground below. Diana (or Artemis, in Greek mythology) was revered as an inaccessible maiden, an avid huntress, and the patroness of wild animals, forests, and hills. This painting was commissioned in about 1690 by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, the powerful nephew of Pope Alexander VIII. For several decades, Ottoboni was one of the great artistic patrons in Rome. Both of Diana's dogs are certainly individual portraits of household pets dear to the Cardinal. One wears the heraldic device of the Ottoboni family on his collar. The setting is in the Alban hills, an area about sixty miles from Rome. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/97048/diana-the-huntress-gallery-label-current The mythological goddess of the hunt, Diana, reclines in a forest setting with her hunting dogs, Syrius and Phocion, observing a hunt underway in the middle ground below. Diana (or Artemis, in Greek mythology) was revered as an inaccessible maiden, an avid huntress, and the patroness of wild animals, forests, and hills. This painting was commissioned in about 1690 by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, the powerful nephew of Pope Alexander VIII. For several decades, Ottoboni was one of the great artistic patrons in Rome. Both of Diana's dogs are certainly individual portraits of household pets dear to the Cardinal. One wears the heraldic device of the Ottoboni family on his collar. The setting is in the Alban hills, an area about sixty miles from Rome." type="image/jpeg" />The mythological goddess of the hunt, Diana, reclines in a forest setting with her hunting dogs, Syrius and Phocion, observing a hunt underway in the middle ground below. Diana (or Artemis, in Greek mythology) was revered as an inaccessible maiden, an avid huntress, and the patroness of wild animals, forests, and hills. This painting was commissioned in about 1690 by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, the powerful nephew of Pope Alexander VIII. For several decades, Ottoboni was one of the great artistic patrons in Rome. Both of Diana's dogs are certainly individual portraits of household pets dear to the Cardinal. One wears the heraldic device of the Ottoboni family on his collar. The setting is in the Alban hills, an area about sixty miles from Rome." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts