Carl August Ehrensvärd(Sweden, 1745-1800)
Diana and Aktaion
Diana and Aktaion
Black crayon, ink wash. Paper 24.4 x 30.3 cm. Contemporary mounting on paper with frame lines in black ink and gold; marked ”XLIV EMn” and with an owner mark (strike through) and dated 1852 in brown ink on verso.
Provenance
Probably Elias Martins (1739-1818) collection
Thereafter private finnish collection until 2014.
More information
The motif is described in Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book III.
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