DETAILS:
17th
Century
Diana
e
Atteone
[Diana,
goddess
of
the
hunt
and
Actaeono]
18th
Century
Oil
on
canvas
Size:
147.0
x
197.5
cm
Museo
Civico
Palazzo
Chiericanti,
Vicenza
Print
size:
14.8
x
10.8
cm
Frame
size:
28.5
x
23.5
cm
Condition:
BRAND
NEW
Weight:
700g
DESCRIPTION:
This
stunning
print
is
double-mounted,
with
a
gold
border,
all
set
on
a
creamy
background.
It
is
brand
new,
in
perfect
condition,
still
wrapped
in
plastic,
and
is
ready
to
hang.
The
beautiful
gold
frame
perfectly
compliments
the
print's
captivating
colours.
REVIEW:
Giambattista
Pittoni
stands
out
from
the
many
painters
who
were
active
in
Venice
and
in
the
Veneto
region
in
the
first
half
of
the
18th
century
for
his
uniquely
sophisticated
form
of
expression
created
by
a
soft,
ethereal
use
of
light
and
a
sumptuous
and
varied
emphasis
on
colour.
These
qualities
can
be
seen
equally
well
in
a
series
of
pictures
of
religious
or
historical-moralising
subjects
and
in
mythological
scenes,
most
of
which
reveal
a
scarcely
concealed
eroticism
also
to
be
found
in
similar
works
produced
by
Sebastiano
Ricci,
Pellegrini
and
Jacopo
Amigoni
in
that
period.
The
canvas
in
the
Museo
Civico
in
Vicenza,
is
ascribed
by
critics
to
around
1725,
at
the
end
of
the
painter?s
stay
in
the
city.
It
relates
the
legend
of
Diana
and
Actaeon,
but
the
tragic
conclusion
of
this
splendid
love
story
is
relegated
to
the
background
where,
on
the
banks
of
a
stream,
the
young
hunter
who
had
so
charmed
the
goddess
lies
supine
on
the
ground,
savaged
by
his
own
dogs.
Full
attention,
on
the
contrary,
is
given
to
the
goddess
of
hunting,
who
appears
in
all
her
splendour
at
the
right
of
the
painting.
She
is
surrounded
by
a
large
retinue
of
nymphs
all
intent
on
assisting
her
after
she
has
bathed
in
the
stream:
an
exceptional
and
splendid
sequence
of
soft
female
nudes,
caught
in
a
whole
array
of
poses.
This
is
truly
the
triumph
of
the
most
sensual
feminine
beauty.
by
Filippo
Pedrocco
POSTAGE:
This
item
will
be
sent
by
REGISTERED
POST.
This
item
will
be
sent
as
a
2kg
PARCEL.
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me
for
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