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Drawing of a veiled many-breasted female figure on a pedestal, surrounded by animals, with a nude youth at right and a bearded man with a rake at left.

Diana of Ephesus as Allegory of Nature

Pen and ink drawing with gray wash and white gouache on blue paper. A veiled, many-breasted female figure stands on a pedestal beneath an arched frame, flanked by a lion, horned animal heads, stag, and eagle, while a nude youth with a staff stands at right and a bearded man with a rake crouches at left among skulls.

Artist
Joseph Werner
Date
c. 1680
Medium
Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, white and blue gouache, on blue laid paper (discolored to light brown), mounted to laid card
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2179 px
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Español: Diana de Éfeso como alegoría de la Naturaleza

Dibujo a pluma y tinta con aguada gris y gouache blanco sobre papel azul. Una figura femenina velada, con múltiples pechos, se erige sobre un pedestal bajo un marco arqueado, flanqueada por un león, cabezas de animales con cuernos, un ciervo y un águila, mientras un joven desnudo con un bastón está a la derecha y un hombre barbado con un rastrillo se agacha a la izquierda entre calaveras.

Português: Diana de Éfeso como alegoria da Natureza

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