IANE IN ART
Salvador Dali, 1973
MASTERS of the Fontainebleau School
French painters (second half of the 16th century)
Le Primatice
Francois Clouet
Alexandre-Evariste FRAGONARD Not accurate, as Diane is wearing pink rather than black and white
A bust of Diane de Poitiers The Louvre, Paris
The Drowning of Britomartis, 1547–59
Probably designed by Jean Cousin the Elder (French, ca. 1500–ca. 1560); possibly woven by Pierre II Blasse and Jacques Langlois (both French, active 1540–60)
Wool and silk; 15 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft. 6 in. (4.65 x 2.9 m), Metropolitan Museum, New York. The central figure is Diane. The detail around the hem of her skirt is the HD monogram.
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