Diana and Actaeon
Bartholomeus Spranger · Netherlandish
Date: ca. 1580–85
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white heightening, over traces of black chalk, on paper washed blue and pink
Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 12 5/8in. (41.3 x 32.1cm)
Classification: Drawings
Themes: Bathing, Diana, Nymphs
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997
Met highlightDate range
1580 – 1585
Largest dimension
32.1 cm
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