DIANA
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1526
Materials
Ink on paper
Measurements
210 x 110 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.21
Summary
(Folio 6, recto, lower print right) Diana standing in a niche twisting to the right and pulling an arrow out of a quiver with a deer by her side on the left. From Mythological Gods and Goddesses
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
12. bottom right: RIGHT//SILVARUM CVTTRIX CASTISSIMA VIRGO DIANA EST
Makers and roles
after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1494 – Fontainebleu 1540), creator Antonio Salamanca (1478 - 1562), publisher Giovanni Jacapo Caraglio, creator