Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing
Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing c1722-24 by French Painter Jean-François de Troy (1679 – 1752); a Rococo style painter, fresco painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer.
This fanciful painting features the Roman mythological character Diana; who is the Goddess of the hunt and wild animals and who is identified with the Greek Goddess Artemis.
She is depicted along a stream of clear running water moments after she has taken her bath with her nymphs drying her off and fixing her hair, and dressing her with her tunic, while she sits by a large tree.
To the far right of Diana we see another Nymph covering the face of a river god, so that he can not see the nudity of Diana; and in the background there is a lush forest of many different trees along with a cloudy blue sky.
This is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a canvas print online.
Info Below Derived From Wikipedia.org
Jean came from a long line of respected French painters and was the son of portrait painter and engraver François de Troy (1645 – 1730); principal painter to King James II (1633 – 1701), and Director of the Académie Royale de peinture et de sculpture; and his first teacher.
He became one of the leading French History painters of his time as well as a successful portrait, genre and decorative scene painter; and was the director of the French Academy in Rome from 1738.
