Diana the Huntress
Cametti, Bernardino
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Date
1710-1730Description
Detail, face of the Green Man in base; Cametti’s masterpiece is his Diana the Huntress, which was originally located in the centre of a fountain at the Palazzo Orsini in Rome. It combines the elegance of French sculpture with Baroque monumentality. The sculptor was the only Italian artist to enjoy the privilege of having a studio at the Académie Française, Rome. Three decades later, the stone base sculpted as a rocky outcrop with oak branches and a Green Man face was added by Pascal Latour (1702-1756). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 4/23/2013)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
mythology (Classical), Artemis (Greek deity), Diana (Roman deity), Green Man (Tale), hunting, hunting dogs, Eighteenth century, Baroque
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