# Apollo and Diana [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and tempera on wood, 45 x 31 cm ## Commentary Apollo and Diana c. 1530 Oil and tempera on wood, 45 x 31 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels This panel is a variant of an earlier painting now in the Royal Collection, London. It treats the same subject with some compositional differences in smaller format. The pose of Diana appears to refer to the ancient motif of the Spinario or thorn-puller which was well-known through the Middle Ages and is to be found in many different places. ## Related artworks - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion \(detail\)]() - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion]() - [A Prince of Saxony]() - [A Princess of Saxony]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()