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Diana

Maker Frederick William MacMonnies (American, 1863-1937)

Collections

American Sculpture

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Datemodeled 1890; cast ca. 1894

Mediumbronze

Dimensions31 × 21 × 24 in. (78.7 × 53.3 × 61 cm.) base: 49 × 32 × 32 in. (124.5 × 81.3 × 81.3 cm.)

SignedSigned on top of base: F. MacMonnies / 1890 / copyright 1894

InscribedSigned on top of base: F. MacMonnies / 1890 / copyright 1894 Marked with seal: E. Gruet Jeune Fondeur Paris

MarkingsMarked with seal: E. Gruet Jeune Fondeur Paris

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Erburu and The Ahmanson Foundation

Status

On view

Label TextAlthough the subject of Diana is the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt, MacMonnies naturalistic depiction of her form and the dynamic movement of the figure, as Diana propels herself forward after shooting an arrow, mark a shift away from the static Neoclassicism of much 19th-century American sculpture. Diana's face and figure are based on a professional model, and the sculpture's arms are those of his wife, Mary.

Object number99.16