EPISODE · May 31, 2023 · 17 MIN
Episode 228 – Titian's "Diana and Acteon" (National Galleries, London and Edinburgh)
from Rebuilding The Renaissance
The third of six paintings constituting Titian's famous "Poesie" series for King Philip II of Spain, "Diana and Acteon" represents a mythological account of divine punishment. A hapless hunter named Acteon stumbles upon Diana, goddess of chastity and of the hunt, and is punished for violating her decency by being transformed into a stag and killed by his own hounds.
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