# Diana and Actaeon

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BALDUCCI, Giovanni](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balducci-giovanni-r6d36d479b4bfac>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on copper, 38 x 32 cm

## Commentary

In this painting, the facial types of Diana&#39;s devotees, with their neat, pointed noses and small, thin lipped mouths are typical of Giovanni Balducci, the painter favoured by Cardinal Alessandro de&#39; Medici \(later Pope Leo XI\).

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/balducci-giovanni-r6d36d479b4bfac/adoration-of-the-shepherds-rdfc91635d38646>)

## Attribution

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