Diana of Versailles
When Diana of Versailles is denoted by a deer a little more than life-size marble statue of the Roman goddess Diana and the Greek goddess Artemis. It is at the Louvre in Paris in the gallery of the Caryatides, one designed specifically for the statue room (inventory number 589 Ma ). It is a Roman copy of the reign of Hadrian ( 1st half 2nd century AD) of a lost Greek bronze statue dating from around 340-320 BC, which is Leochares attributed (see Artemis of Versailles).
History
The statue was probably discovered in the Italian Nemi in an ancient sanctuary. Other guesses go from the Villa Adriana in Tivoli as a locality from.
1556 Statue of Pope Paul IV was the French king Henry II bestowed, as though subtle, yet clearly recognizable allusion to the king's mistress Diane de Poitiers. The king ordered the statue as the central object of the Jardin de la Reine west of the gallery des Cerfs in the castle Fontainebleau establish what made her one of the first Roman sculptures and at the same time the most prominent, which could be seen in France. They therefore obtained a comparable to those issued in the Cortile del Belvedere and Villa Borghese masterpieces reputation as one of the front of the second half of the 17th century exported from Italy statues.
In 1602 Henry IV had put the statue in the Louvre, where they. In a specially -built gallery, the Salle des Antiques (now the Salle des Caryatides ), integrated Necessary restoration work was carried out by French sculptor Barthélemy Prieur. 1605 he poured a bronze replica of the statue, which was placed in the castle Fontainebleau on a designed by Tommaso Francini in the style of Mannerism marble base. Were your beige presents bronze hunting dogs and deer heads spouting water, the Pierre Briard had created in 1603. The arrangement was put in a garden, which was surrounded by an orangery, in scene. 1634 Hubert Le Sueur also made a bronze copy of the statue for the brother of Louis XIII. Charles on I, which is now on display in Windsor Castle. The Orangery was removed mid-19th century by Louis- Philippe I.. Even before the statue was replaced by another bronze replica, which is dated to the year 1684 and placed in the gallery des Cerfs in 1813.
Louis XIV, the original statue in the Grande Galerie in the Palace of Versailles up. Guillaume Coustou the Elder made 1710 a copy in marble for the lock Marly- le- Roi. 1798, she returned at the time of the First French Republic back as one of the most prized possessions of France in the Louvre and was built in 1802 by Bernard Lange, who had already worked on the Venus de Milo, restored.
Description
The statue is 2.01 meters height a little larger than life. The goddess is represented in the form of a sleek, masculine huntress with a lively -looking buck. She looks to the right, perhaps in the direction of the deer, and her upraised right arm pulls an arrow from the quiver. With her left hand she holds - unlike is suspected in a volatile viewing - deer antlers on not fixed, but is holding a piece of an arc. She wears a Doric chiton short, a himation around her waist and sandals.
More Statues
From the original Greek numerous Roman copies (about 25 pieces) receive, among other things, Leptis Magna and Perge.
A miniaturized copy stood on the mantelpiece of the first class on the Titanic; 1986 discovered and photographed Robert Ballard, the statue on the ocean floor near the bow section of the wreck. A copy of the statue stands in the Boston Symphony Hall.