Head of Diana
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler
Accession Number
1949-152-105
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
"Head of Diana" a 1786 print English artist Samuel Irelandca. 1744–1800) that portrays the Roman goddess of the hunt. Now part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, the was generously donated by Mrs George A. Kubler and continues to be studied as part of ongoing research. in late eighteenth-century England the print reflects the period’s renewed interest in classical mythology. Ireland, active as a writer and printmaker, contributed to the circulation of such imagery through reproductive techniques that allowed mythological subjects to reach broader audiences beyond elite collec...