Artist: John Cheere (1709-1787)
Size: 70 x 150 cm
Museum: National Palace of Queluz (Queluz, Portugal)
Technique: Sculpture
A lead sculpture of a young woman representing Diana. Dressed in a tunic and with shoes on her feet, she has a quiver on her back and is holding a bow and arrow.In Roman mythology, Diana (Artemis) was the goddess of wild animals and of hunting, the daughter of Jupiter (Zeus) and Leto, and Apollo’s twin sister. A lunar deity linked to untamed nature and the forest, she was given permission by Jupiter not to marry and to remain forever chaste.
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