Actaeon Collection

Diana and Actaeon, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Andries Lens
Diana and Actaeon, late 18th-early 19th century

Peristyle colonnade of the House of Sallust, Casa di Sallustio, Pompeii. With wall painting of Diana and Actaeon at right. First Pompeian Style. Peristylium de la maison de Salluste. Premier style

Diana and Actaeon, by Andrea Schiavone (1500-1563)
DGA503124 Diana and Actaeon, by Andrea Schiavone (1500-1563); (add.info.: Diana and Actaeon, by Andrea Schiavone (1500-1563)

Diana surprised by Actaeon while bathing
DGA922470 Diana surprised by Actaeon while bathing, mosaic in House of Procession of Venus, ancient Roman city of Volubilis (Unesco World Heritage List, 1997), Morocco, Roman Civilization

Marble sarcophagus with reliefs representing divinities and garlands
DGA544878 Marble sarcophagus with reliefs representing divinities and garlands, 125-130 a.d

Metope depicting Artemis and Actaeon devoured by dogs
DGA510078 Metope depicting Artemis and Actaeon devoured by dogs, 470-460 BC, relief from Temple E in Selinunte, Sicily, Italy, 5th Century BC; Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo

Plate with Diana and Actaeon in Ovid's Metamorphoses
DGA757678 Plate with Diana and Actaeon in Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1524, by Giorgio Andreoli (born between 1465 and 1470 - died 1555), ceramic, Italy, 16th century; (add.info.: London)

Diana and her nymph surprised by Actaeon while bathing
DGA5184106 Diana and her nymph surprised by Actaeon while bathing, mosaic from House of Venus, Roman city of Volubilis (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1997), Morocco, Roman civilization

Diana and Actaeon
DGA505352 Diana and Actaeon by Pittoni, Giovanni Battista (1687-1767); Pinacoteca Civica Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza, Italy; (add.info.: ); © A. De Gregorio / © NPL - DeA Picture Library

Actaeon, after boiler explosion, 1855
This drawing shows the damage done to the Actaeon broad gauge locomotive when its boiler exploded in Gloucester Station yard on 7th February 1855

Couple of cherubs, from Myth of Diana and Actaeon
DGA755648 Couple of cherubs, from Myth of Diana and Actaeon, 1524, by Francesco Mazzola known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), fresco, , Room of Diana and Actaeon, Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Italy

Actaeon being attacked by dogs
DGA755646 Actaeon being attacked by dogs, from Myth of Diana and Actaeon, 1524, by Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), fresco, Room of Diana and Actaeon, Rocca Sanvitale

Pair of dogs, detail from Myth of Diana and Actaeon
DGA754603 Pair of dogs, detail from Myth of Diana and Actaeon, by Francesco Mazzola known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), fresco, north side of Room of Diana and Actaeon, Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato

Diana and Actaeon, c.1596-1606 (oil on copper)
1075327 Diana and Actaeon, c.1596-1606 (oil on copper) by Rottenhammer, Hans I or Johann (1564-1625); 17.1x22.2 cm; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA; (add.info.: Diana)

Stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, male 1
FLO4574645 Stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, male 1, female 2, eggs deposited in rotten oak a, 4-year-old larva b, nymph c, rhinoceros beetle, Megasoma actaeon Scarabaeus actaeon 3, 4

Four Seasons, Summer: Diana surprised by Actaeon, 1856-1863. Found in the Collection of the Museu de Arte de S£o Paulo

Landscape with Diana and Acteon. Creator: Jan Brueghel the Elder
Landscape with Diana and Acteon, Unknown date

Actaeon surprises Diana and her companions, 1693. Creator: Willem van Mieris
Actaeon surprises Diana and her companions, 1693

Diana Surprised by Actaeon. Creator: Aegidius Sadeler II
Diana Surprised by Actaeon

Diana and Actaeon (the Metamorphosis of Acteon), 1544. Creator: Jean Mignon
Diana and Actaeon (the Metamorphosis of Acteon), 1544

Diane et Actéon, between 1635 and 1640. Creator: Michel Dorigny
Diane et Acteon, between 1635 and 1640. Diana and Acteon. Goddess of hunting and her nymphs. Diana, leaning on a rock, holds an arrow and wears a tiara with the symbol of the moon

Roman-Etruscan cinerary urn with the myth of Acteon; the work is kept in the Museo Guarnacci in Volterra Volterra Guarnacci Museum Urn Etruscan Art and Civilization, Italy, Europe

HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates

Landscape with Diana and Actaeon (oil on panel)
471501 Landscape with Diana and Actaeon (oil on panel) by Mellery, Xavier (1845-1921); 32x51 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; (add.info.: Diana)

Actaeon, turned into a stag, is eaten by his own dogs
2384768 Actaeon, turned into a stag, is eaten by his own dogs, from the Room of Diana and Actaeon, The Northern Wall, detail of 2384753

Putto, from the Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524
2384765 Putto, from the Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Fontanellato)

Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524
2384758 Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Fontanellato)

Diana bathing, from the Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524
2384761 Diana bathing, from the Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma)

Putto, from the Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524
2384769 Putto, from the Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Fontanellato)

Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524
2384756 Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Fontanellato)

Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524
2384754 Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Fontanellato)

Room of Diana and Actaeon, 1524
2384753 Room of Diana and Actaeon, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Fontanellato, Rocca Sanvitale)

Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524
2384773 Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Fontanellato)

Two nymphs attending at the Dianas bath
2384764 Two nymphs attending at the Dianas bath, from the Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma

Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524
2384759 Room of Diana and Actaeon, detail of 2384753, 1524 by Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40); Rocca Sanvitale, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Parma, Fontanellato)

Diana and Acteon (oil on canvas)
AFR97145 Diana and Acteon (oil on canvas) by Philpot, Glyn Warren (1884-1937); South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

Diana and Actaeon, 1585 / 92. Creator: Jacopo Bassano il vecchio
Diana and Actaeon, 1585/92

The Metamorphosis of Acteon, 1535-55. Creator: Jean Mignon
The Metamorphosis of Acteon, 1535-55

Hearing (Auditus), from Quinque Sensuum (Five Senses), ca. 1655. Creator: Francis Cleyn
Hearing (Auditus), from Quinque Sensuum (Five Senses), ca. 1655

Actaeons transformation into stag, from Myth of Diana and Actaeon, circa 1524
764601 Actaeons transformation into stag, from Myth of Diana and Actaeon, circa 1524, by Francesco Mazzola known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), fresco, Room of Diana and Actaeon, Rocca Sanvitale

Diana turning Actaeon into stag, detail from Myth of Diana and Actaeon, circa 1524
764599 Diana turning Actaeon into stag, detail from Myth of Diana and Actaeon, circa 1524, by Francesco Mazzola, known as Parmigianino (1503-1540), fresco, Room of Diana and Actaeon, Rocca Sanvitale

Snuff-box, Amsterdam, 1733 (gold & mother-of-pearl) (see also 1272933)
1272932 Snuff-box, Amsterdam, 1733 (gold & mother-of-pearl) (see also 1272933) by Heylbrouck, Norbert (c.1685-1762); length: 8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mark of Jean Saint, Amsterdam)

The Four Seasons, Summer: Diana and Actaeon, 1862 (oil on canvas)
900208 The Four Seasons, Summer: Diana and Actaeon, 1862 (oil on canvas) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); 198x167.5 cm; Museu de Arte, Sao Paulo

Marriage a la Mode, Plate IV, The Toilette, illustration from Hogarth Restored
STC451154 Marriage a la Mode, Plate IV, The Toilette, illustration from Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth, re-engraved by Thomas Cook, pub

Curtis British Entomology Plate 442
Lepidoptera: Hesperia actaeon = Thymelicus acteon (Lulworth Skipper) [Plant: Salsola kali (Prickly Glasswort)] Date: 1824-39

Actaeon and his Dogs (engraving)
1092641 Actaeon and his Dogs (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Actaeon and his Dogs)

Peristyle colonnade of the House of Sallust, Casa di Sallustio, Pompeii (lithograph)
6340092 Peristyle colonnade of the House of Sallust, Casa di Sallustio, Pompeii (lithograph) by Gusman, Pierre (1862-1941); (add.info.: Peristyle colonnade of the House of Sallust, Casa di Sallustio)

Snuff-box, Amsterdam, 1733 (gold & mother-of-pearl) (see also 1272932)
1272933 Snuff-box, Amsterdam, 1733 (gold & mother-of-pearl) (see also 1272932) by Heylbrouck, Norbert (c.1685-1762); length: 8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mark of Jean Saint, Amsterdam)

Diana and Actaeon - Design for a pendant or hat badge, c. 1532-43 (pen & ink on paper)
829844 Diana and Actaeon - Design for a pendant or hat badge, c.1532-43 (pen & ink on paper) by Holbein the Younger, Hans (1497/8-1543); 5x5 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Detail from The Story of Diana and Actaeon, with Saint Jerome
3597111 Detail from The Story of Diana and Actaeon, with Saint Jerome: a cassone panel (tempera & gold on panel) by Michele, Francesco di (fl.c.1382) (attr)

Diana and Actaeon (w / c)
6200394 Diana and Actaeon (w/c) by Duncan, John (1866-1945); 20.3x12.7 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; (add.info.: Sketch book with the number 13 written on the front cover)

Diana surprised by Actaeon (engraving)
1617232 Diana surprised by Actaeon (engraving) by Frost, William Edward (1810-77); Private Collection; (add.info.: Diana surprised by Actaeon)

Actaeon, hero of Greek mythology
5207536 Actaeon, hero of Greek mythology, cameo by the French sculptor Emile Soldi, 19th Century (engraving) by Profit, Georges Ernest (b.1854); Private Collection; (add.info.: Actaeon)

Diana and Acteon. Creator: Pierre Francois Tardieu
Diana and Acteon

Diane et Acteon changeen Cerf, ca. 1742. Creator: Etienne Fessard
Diane et Acteon change en Cerf, ca. 1742. [Diana and Actaeon transformed into a stag]

Diana and Actaeon, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Joseph Bergler
Diana and Actaeon, late 18th-early 19th century

Diana and Actaeon (Diana Surprised in Her Bath), 1836

Diana and Actaeon, ca. 1600. Creator: Liberi, Pietro (1605-1687)
Diana and Actaeon, ca. 1600. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Diana and Actaeon, c. 1640. Creator: Albani, Francesco (1578-1660)
Diana and Actaeon, c. 1640. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Diana and Actaeon, c. 1617. Creator: Albani, Francesco (1578-1660)
Diana and Actaeon, c. 1617. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Diana and Actaeon, ca 1600-1603. Creator: Cesari, Giuseppe (1568-1640)
Diana and Actaeon, ca 1600-1603. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Diana, Artemis, disturbed at her bath by Aktaion, Aktaion legend tells how Aktaion, while hunting, surprises the goddess Artemis at her bath

PARMIGIANINO, Francesco Mazzola, called Il (1503-1540). Legend of Artemis and Actaeon. 1523. ITALY. Fontanellato. La Rocca. Detail. Greyhound. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Fresco

Actaeon metamorphoses into a stag (oil on canvas)
898931 Actaeon metamorphoses into a stag (oil on canvas) by Albani, Francesco (1578-1660); 77x99 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Acteon metamorphoseen cerf.); Italian, out of copyright

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Actaeon, a figure from Greek mythology, has captivated artists and storytellers for centuries. From ancient times to the Renaissance, his tragic tale has been depicted in various forms of art. One such portrayal is found in the painting "Landscape with Diana and Actaeon" by Parmigianino. This oil on panel masterpiece showcases Actaeon stumbling upon the goddess Diana while she bathes in a serene forest setting. The artist skillfully captures the tension between curiosity and intrusion that ultimately leads to Actaeon's downfall. The mythological story continues to unfold on a tin-glazed earthenware dish dating back to 1495. Here, we see another scene depicting Diana and Actaeon surrounded by intricate details of nature. This delicate piece serves as a reminder of how this timeless tale has inspired artisans across different mediums throughout history. Tragedy struck once again when HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three-funnel destroyer known for its impressive speed of 30 knots, suffered a devastating boiler explosion in 1855. The ship was named after Actaeon as an homage to his ill-fated encounter with Diana. Intriguingly, dogs play an important role in both the mythological narrative and its artistic interpretations. In the Room of Diana and Actaeon, detailed paintings showcase these loyal animals turning against their master after he is transformed into a stag by an enraged goddess. Amongst these captivating scenes lies one particularly poignant depiction: Actaeon being devoured by his own hounds on the Northern Wall detail from 1524. It serves as a chilling reminder of divine retribution meted out for trespassing upon sacred spaces. The Room itself offers visitors an immersive experience into this mythical world through its carefully crafted artwork featuring not only scenes from Acteon's tragedy but also other elements like Putto figures symbolizing love and desire.