Death of Actaeon
Artist
Agostino Carracci
Italian, 1557–1602
Date1584–1586
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions49 x 72 in. (124.5 x 182.9 cm)
Frame: 55 x 77 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (139.7 x 197.2 x 8.3 cm)
Frame: 55 x 77 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (139.7 x 197.2 x 8.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.150
On View
Not on viewProvenanceDonnoli collection, Bologna, 17th century; Benjamin West, sold by his sons at Christie’s, London, 23 June 1820, lot 85, and May 28, 1824, as The Death of Actaeon, sold again by the family at Christie’s, London, March 19, 1898, lot 157 as A Grand Stag Hunt; Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower [cf. NCMA Giordano, Moses], about 1900 [source: Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, 1986]; with David M. Koester, New York, NY; sold to NCMA, 1952.
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