This goddess of Roman mythology was, in fact, the Greek goddess Artemis. Deity of hunt and twin sister of Apollo, she was considered an expert in archery.

The Greek model represents her in action and accompanied by a deer. She wears a knee-length tunic (to allow movement) and a cape attached to her left shoulder. The statue dates aproximately from the year 400 b.C and its attributed to the master Leocrates. However the Greek original version perished and what we see today is a Roman copy, which, French king Louis XIV had at the Grande Galerie of  Versalles Palace. In 1798 it was taken to the Louvre Museum.
But now, for a month, she will return to the Palace, together with hundred other statues, in the Gallery of Sculptures and Casts.

Diana the Huntress, Diana of Versalles or Artemis with a deer (Artémis à la biche), as it is registered at the Louvre, has been copied, imitated and revisited several times in the Europe of the 19th and 20th century. The MNBA has its own version…

Diana Cazadora, by Fritz Behn (Alemania, 1878 – 1970) - 1916

Materials: bronze / Measures: 54 x 72 x 22.5cm - MNBA