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Condition: sculpture is in perfect condition.
Bronze Dimensions with Marble Base each :Height 12" x Width 9"
each Marble size: 7" X 4"
Height without base:11"
Each statue Weight : 8 LBS
Inventory : 24EP8725642
Standing tall and nude this bronze sculpture of “Diana the Hunter” was handmade
and casted using the “Lost wax Method”. She poses with her small breasts exposed
as she releases her bow. You see the outline of her muscles and stomach as she
leans back while unleashing her arrow. Standing on her toes she balances
herself, bringing detail to her legs, as she looks straight ahead at her target.
Her buttocks are tight and firm, her body is slender and natural. You see her
muscles in her back and her arms as she shoots her bow. Her hair is wavy but and
flows back in the wild winds of the forest. At her feet are large hunting dog.
This sculpture was cast using the “Lost Wax Method” and is mounted on a marble
base.“Diana the Hunter” came from myths both from Italy and Greece. Most of the
myths had started in Italy but were influenced quickly by Greece. It is hard to
pinpoint information on Diana the Hunter as she was also known as “Diana
Nemorensis” and “Artemis”. Below is a short myth about “Diana the Hunter” Diana
was an ancient Italian goddess of woodland. In Capua and in Aricia, localities
near Rome, there are still shrines dedicated to the Old Italian goddess. Her
shrine in Aricia was on the shores of the lake Nemi. For that reason, she was
named Diana Nemorensis, Diana of the Woods. The rites dedicated to her were
particularly brutal. Human sacrifices were offered to the indigenous goddess.
Diana's priest was an escaped slave. Every new priest had to kill their
predecessors to obtain their offices. At Capua, people believed that the
preservation of the city depended on the fate of a long-lived hind sacred to the
goddess. As the result of the influence of the Greek colonies in southern Italy
around the sixth century BC, Diana became identified with the Greek goddess of
woodland Artemis acquiring the attributes of this latter. For the Greeks,
Artemis was also the personification of the Moon and her twin brother Apollo was
associated with the Sun. Her father and mother were Jupiter and Latona. Diana
believed her virgin body was very sacred and not for a male's eyes. One day the
hunter, Actaeon, was wandering around and stumbled upon Diana bathing. Diana
became so angry; she turned Actaeon into a stag. Now he was unable to speak, and
so no one would ever hear about Diana's naked body. Actaeon was then killed by
his own hunting dogs. This sculpture is signed by E. McCartain.