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DIAXA DIANA AND CALLISTO, Annibale Car- '. prised by a satyr while deeping under a racci, Louvre ; canvas, H. 5 ft 3 in. x 6 ft. G clump of trees. Collection of Charles EL iu. At left, massive rocks, down which fall DIANA AND NYMPHS, Domenichino, several cascades; on first plane, three nymphs PaL Borghese, Home. The goddess, stuiid- strip Callisto of her garments ; at right, Di- ing in the centre on a hillock, raises her bow ana seated, surrounded by her nymphs, in one hand, and her quiver in the other, in stretches her hand towards Callisto. Land- scape attributed to Paul Bril. Villot, Lou- vre ; Filhol, vi. PL 400. By Francesco Solimena, Uffizi, Florence ; sign of victory, one of her nymphs having pierced with her arrow the head of a pigeon attached to the top of a pole ; two nymphs approach, bearing on their shoulders a dead canvas, small figures. Diana bathing with j stag hung on a stick passed between his nymphs discovers Callisto's condition by her bound legs. This well-preserved picture is refusal to bathe. Hoc. Ed., Gal. di. Firenze. ' remarkable for its landscape as well as for By Titian, Bridgewater House, London ; canvas, H. 5 ft. 8 in. x G f t. 4 in.; signed. Diana and her nymphs prepar- ing for a bath in a grove ; the goddess sitting on the bank points at Callisto, on the oppo- site side, who struggles ou the ground with shame in her face as nymphs raise the veil that exposes her condition. Same history as Diana and Actseon. Small copy, probably by Del Mazo, in Madrid Museum. Re- plica, same size as original, with variations, probably by Titian's disciples, in Vienna Museum. Small, late, much injured copy . , . , . . T Diana and Callisto, Titian, Bridgewater House, London. in Accademia di b. Luca, Rome. C. & C., Titian, ii. 275; Acad. the natural and graceful attitudes of the fig- (1874), 2G8 ; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 32. ures and the general movement Subject treated also by Luca Giordano, By Eubenx, Lord Ashburton, London ; Hermitage, St Petersburg ; Cornelis van canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. x 12 ft. 4 in. Diana Poeleuburg, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. and three nymphs overtaking a stag. Land- DIANA OR CHRIST, Edwin Long, Lon- scape by Wildens, animals by Suyders. Pur- don ; canvas, H. 5 ft. x 8 ft 9 in. The sta- chased of Joseph Bonaparte in 1838. Waa- dium of Ephesus, with Roman rulers sitting gen, Treasures, ii. 102. in judgment, and soldiers and an executioner By Ruben*, Baring Collection, London; at right ; a Christian maiden, asked to sac- canvas, H. 7 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in. Diana going rifice to Diana, whose image and altar are be- to the chase, caressing a dog at her side with fore her, refuses, although the alternative is her right hand and carrying a spear in her death. Royal Academy, 1881. ! left ; she is followed by three nymphs, two DIANA AND ENDYMION, Anton van satyrs, and two more dogs. Purchased in Dyck, Madrid Museum ; canvas, H. 4 ft 9 1802 from Sir S. Clark for 1,850 gs. Waa- in. X 5 ft 4 in. Diana and Eudyiniou sur- gen, Treasures, ii. 182.