The Children of Niobe Killed by Diana
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This drawing is thought to depict a Greek myth: Niobe, the queen of Thebes, had fourteen children-seven sons and seven daughters. She made the tragic error of mocking the goddess Leto, mother of only two offspring, Apollo (god of prophecy and music) and Diana or Artemis (chaste goddess of the wilderness). To avenge the insult to their mother, Diana slaughtered Niobe's daughters, while Apollo killed the sons.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008), New York, #A0316; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, New York, 2008, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
Exhibitions
2010 | Expanding Horizons: Recent Additions to the Drawings Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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1/1/2002 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 1/4 x W: 9 1/4 in. (13.34 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Joseph F. McCrindle Collection, 2009
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2786