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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of A Companion of Diana
Jean-Louis Lemoyne (artist)
French, 1666 - 1755
A Companion of Diana, 1724
marble
overall: 182.5 x 76.5 x 57.8 cm (71 7/8 x 30 1/8 x 22 3/4 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.133
On View
From the Tour: Marble Sculpture from France
Object 3 of 8

1873Larousse, Pierre. La grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle vol. 10. Paris, 1873: 356.
1923Réau, Louis. "Etudes sur la sculpture du XVIIIe siècle: Jean-Louis Lemoyne (1665-1755)." La revue de l'art ancien et moderne 43 (1923): 183-196, repro.
1927Réau, Louis. Une dynastie de sculpteurs au XVIIe siècle: Les Lemoynes. Paris, 1927: 15-17, 30, 34, repro. no. 17.
1932Réau, Louis. "Les compagnes de Diane." Gazette des beaux-arts 8 (1932): 136-154.
1948Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 132, repro., as Diana.
1948Swarzenski, Hanns. "Washington: Neuerwerbungen der Skulpturen Abteilung der National Gallery of Art." Pheobus 2 (1948): 38-42.
1949Seymour, Charles. Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1949: 182-183, note 50, repro. 154-157, as Diana.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 160, as Diana.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 142, repro., as Diana.
1968Raggio, Olga. "The Metropolitain Marbles." Art News 67: 46,48,49.
1972Kalnein, Wend G., and Michael Levey. Art and Architecture of the Eighteenth Century in France. Harmondsworth, 1972: 48-49.
1973Beaulieu, Michèle. "La Diane d'Anselme Flamen et ses ." La Revue du Louvre 23 (1973): 83-88.
1979Hodgkinson, Terence. "Companions of Diana at Cliveden." National Trust Studies (1979): 90-98.
1980Rosasco, Betsy Jean. "Notes on Two Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Drawings and the Statues They Depict." Studies in the History of Art 8 (1980): 55-57, repro.
1981Seinkewicz, Thomas J. Classical Gods and Heroes in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1981: 36, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 643, no. 1010, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 301, repro.
1994Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 133, repro.
2004Gopnik, Blake. "A Very Full Week at the National Gallery, Five Full Days of Permanent Pleasure." The Washington Post (27 December 2004): C1, C2, repro.
2008Luchs, Alison. "A Marble Hunting Party: The Companions of Diana for Marly." Studies in the History of Art, Symposium Papers: Collecting Sculpture in Early Modern Europe, 70 (2008): 323-341, fig. 1, figs. 2-4 (details).

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