Diana and Callisto
attributed to Frans Wouters (Lier 1612/14 - Antwerp 1659)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1690
Materials
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Measurements
1105 x 1676 mm (43 1/2 x 66 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814146
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Diana and Callisto, attributed to Frans Wouters (Lier 1612 - Antwerp 1659), previously by a follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 – Antwerp 1640) and a follower of Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 – Brussels 1686), circa 1690. Extensive wooded landscape, group of figures bottom right. Grotesque stone fountain feeding a pool which separates the figure of Diana, seated on a draped rock with a spear in her left hand, surrounded by her followers and dogs, pointing to the grieved Callisto being disrobed by three attendants.
Provenance
Dudmaston collection. Bought by William Wolryche-Whitmore and Lady Lucy; given by Rachel Katherine Hamilton Russell, Lady Labouchere (1908 – 1996) along with the Dudmaston estate in 1978
Credit line
Dudmaston, The Labouchere Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Frans Wouters (Lier 1612/14 - Antwerp 1659), artist Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 – Antwerp 1640) and Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 – Brussels 1686), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Flemish School, artist