Diana Bathing (after Maratta)
Pietro de' Pietri (Premia 1663 - Rome 1716)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1683 - 1716
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
470 x 635 mm (18 1/2 x 25 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872101
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Diana Bathing by Pietro de' Pietri (Cremia 1663/5 - Rome 1716), after Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713). Seated in the foreground on a river bank beneath a tree, her feet in the water, her quiver hanging from a branch. At the left a circular temple among trees, with nymphs. Two figures (Diana hunting?) right behind.
Provenance
Accepted by the Treasury in part payment of death-duties from the executors of Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951) and transferred to the Trust in 1957.
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury, and transferred to The National Trust in 1957)
Makers and roles
Pietro de' Pietri (Premia 1663 - Rome 1716), artist after Carlo Maratta (Camerano 1625 – Rome 1713), artist