Diana the Huntress
School of Fontainebleau, Mid-16th century
Canvas
H 1.91 m; W 1.32 m
INV 445
Of unknown authorship, the Diana the Huntress is the archetype of the Bellifontain ideal flourishing in 16th century France, under the influence of Italian masters summoned by François I to the Château of Fontainebleau from 1530 (Rosso, Primatice). Some have seen this as a metaphorical portrait of Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566), mistress of Henri II, during the flourishing period around 1500, when the Château d'Anet was being built. It testifies to a taste for mythological nudes, in which drawing and a Mannerist-style elongated and contorted body are predominant.
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