Diana and Four Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr

c. 1630

Gerrit van Honthorst

Associated Names
Gerrit van Honthorst

Artist, Dutch, 1592 - 1656

This is a drawing of six figures interacting in an outdoor setting. One figure is seated wearing a crown and holding a staff, while the others are gathered around in a semicircle. One figure is kneeling over a pile of objects. The figures are dressed in classical-style robes. The drawing is in shades of grey, creating depth and shading. The figures' clothing and postures suggest movement and interaction.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25 × 38.2 cm (9 13/16 × 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.69.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Belgian private collection, since c. 1900; (Nicolas Schwed, Paris [Saint Honoré Art Consulting]); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Vingt-sept dessins de Gerrit van Honthorst (1592-1656). Saint Honoré Art Consulting, Paris, 2014, no. 15 (pdf catalogue).

2016

  • Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

2015

  • Grasselli, Margaret Morgan. "Gerrit van Honthorst, Diana and Two Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr and Diana and Four Nymphs Receiving Gifts from a Satyr." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 53 (Fall 2015): 44-45 (color).

Inscriptions

along right margin, in black chalk: Gerrit Hont(?)

Wikidata ID

Q64572014

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