Actaeon (#1)

Paul Manship, Actaeon (#1), 1925, bronze, 4852 in. (121.9132.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.33

Artwork Details

Title
Actaeon (#1)
Artist
Founder
Alexis Rudier Fondeur
Date
1925
Dimensions
4852 in. (121.9132.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — dog
  • Occupation — hunter
  • Figure male — nude
  • Figure male — full length
  • Mythology — classical — Actaeon
Object Number
1965.16.33

Artwork Description

This sculpture is one of a pair that Paul Manship created to illustrate the story of Diana and Actaeon. The hunter Actaeon surprised the goddess Diana while she was bathing. To prevent him from telling anybody that he had seen her naked, the goddess fired an arrow and turned him into a stag. In the sculpture, Actaeon appears to have been just hit, while the accompanying piece shows Diana with her bow raised. In this way, Manship created a link between the two sculptures through the flight of an unseen arrow.

Works by this artist (1 item)

John Moll, Women and Birds at Waterfall, 1931, pen and ink, colored pen and ink, and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.185
Women and Birds at Waterfall
Date1931
pen and ink, colored pen and ink, and pencil on paper
Not on view

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Herman Maril, Houses, 1933, tempera, india ink, conte crayon and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.103
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Theodore Roszak, The Great Moth, 1955, pen and ink, ink wash, and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.73
The Great Moth
Date1955
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