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The image shows a male figure standing with one foot elevated, drawing a bow, and preparing to shoot an arrow. His body is poised with one arm extended forward and the other bent back, holding the bowstring. The figure has long, flowing hair that cascades down his back and face, with a concentrated expression. He is depicted nude and carries a quiver of arrows slung over his shoulder. The background features a pattern of radiating lines and dots, possibly resembling a celestial map, with a second male figure with flowing hair and an illuminated halo-like glow behind the main figure. The upper left corner contains a symbol resembling intertwined loops.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Apollo and Diana
Jacopo de' Barbari
- Date
- c. 1503
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 16 x 9.8 cm (6 5/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1941.1.4
- Credit line
- Gift of W.G. Russell Allen
- Time span
- 1501 to 1550
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Venetian
- engraving
- classical
- mythology
- Apollo
- Diana
Provenance
Francis Seymour Haden [1818-1910], London (Lugt 1227)
Watermarks
present but not identified
NGA object ID 582. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.