Mademoiselle de Migieu as Diana
Maker
Jean-Marc Nattier
(French, 1685 - 1766)
Additional Title(s)
- Madame Bonnier de la Mosson
- Portrait of a Lady as Diana
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Date1742
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions39 3/4 x 31 7/8 in. (101 x 81 cm.)
SignedSigned in middle left of recto: Nattier px / 1742
InscribedSigned in middle left of recto: Nattier px / 1742
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Label TextA bow, quiver, and leopard skin transform the teenage daughter of the Marquis de Savigny-les-Beaune into Diana, the goddess of the hunt. Nattier specialized in these so-called “mythological portraits.” Although his somewhat generalized depictions of rosy-cheeked beauties led critics to accuse him of painting with makeup rather than paint, he was in great demand among ladies of the French court who wished to be depicted as goddesses, nymphs, and muses.Status
On viewObject number78.20.13
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
ca. 1710
Object number: 78.20.11
