# The Bath of Diana [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CLOUET, François]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on panel, 133 x 192 cm ## Commentary This mythological scene represents Diana surrounded by nymphs and satyrs. The left background is dominated by the imaginary equestrian portrait of Henri II. Born in the Royal Château at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, the son of François I and Claude de France, his marriage was arranged to Catherine de Medici on October 28 1533 when both were 14 years old. His long-running affair with Diane de Poitiers lasted throughout his married life. There is an almost identical smaller version of this painting in the Museu de Arte, São Paulo. ## Related artworks - [A Lady in Her Bath \(detail\)]() - [A Lady in Her Bath]() - [A Lady in Her Bath]() - [Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France]() - [Henri II of Valois and Caterina de' Medici, Surrounded by Members of Their Family]() - [King Charles IX of France]() - [King Henry II of France]() - [Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Chatillon]() - [Pierre Quthe]() - [Portrait of Charles IX]() - [Portrait of Claude Gouffier]() - [Portrait of Francis I, King of France]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()