Diana and Callisto
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Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)
(Zadar, Croatia, circa 1510?–Venice, Italy, 1563)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1540s
MediumOil on wood panel
DimensionsCanvas: 15 3/4 x 52 3/16 in. (40 x 132.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017.1362
Rights Statement
Collection AreaEuropean Painting and Sculpture
Object number2017.1362
On View
On viewLocations
- exhibition BMA, Gallery, A2
Collection Highlight
This lovely panel appears to render the passage from Ovid’s Metamorphoses in which Diana and her nymphs discover that one of their companions, Callisto, has been made pregnant by Jupiter. The exaggerated horizontal format and size indicate that it originally served as part of an interior ensemble or piece of furniture, perhaps a cassone (storage chest) or spalliera (chair back). Especially considering this function, the panel is in excellent condition.
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