Diana getting out of her bath
1742 Louvre Museum
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts two nude female figures, identified as the goddess Diana and a nymph, resting by a stream after a hunt. The scene is further detailed with hunting dogs, a quiver of arrows, and freshly caught game.
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François Boucher was a leading painter of the Rococo movement, known for his idyllic and often sensual mythological scenes like this one. "Diana Getting Out of Her Bath" captures the goddess of the hunt in an intimate moment of repose, a popular theme reflecting the aristocratic taste for elegance and pleasure during the 18th century. The painting's soft colors and graceful forms are characteristic of Boucher's celebrated style.
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Diana getting out of her bath
Francois Boucher, 1742
