The goddess Diana (Artemis) holding a crescent moon and a spear. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560.

  • Delaune, Etienne, 1518?-1583.
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1560
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25874i
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The goddess Diana (Artemis) holding a crescent moon and a spear. Engraving by E. Delaune, c. 1560. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Two hounds jump by her feet

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1560

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1 print : line engraving ; border 7.1 x 5.5 cm

References note

A. P. F. Robert-Dumesnil, Le peintre-graveur français, Paris 1835, nos. 422-427 (set of six)
André Linzeler, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du seizième siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome premier, Paris 1932, pp. 298-299, no. 390 ("Divinités paiennes Suite de six estampes, à fond noir, bordées d'un double filet comportant la représentation d'une divinité au milieu d'arabesques. Au bas, au-dessous de la bordure, l'inscription: "Cum privilegio Regis. Stephanus fecit.". — H. 0m065—L. 0m050. 390. — 3. Diane. — Se dirigeant vers la droite, elle tient un croissant de lune dans sa main gauche et un javelot de l'autre. Robert-Dumesnil, IX, p. 121, 418.")

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