(1882). Portraits: Miss O. S. Ward (1874); Portrait of a Boy (1875); Sleeping Child (1878); Portrait of her Father (1879).
DE WINT, PETER, born at Stone, Staffordshire,
Jan. 21, 1784, died in London,
June 30, 1849. Landscape painter, water
colours; pupil of J. R. Smith, and student
in 1807 of Royal Academy, where he exhibited
in same year three landscapes. Painted
chiefly views in East and North England,
and in Normandy and South France. His
Cornfield, and Woody Landscape with Water
are in the South Kensington Museum.—Redgrave;
Art Journal (1849), 260.
D'HEUR. See Heur.
DIADUMENÉ, Edward J. Poynter, London;
canvas. A nude female figure, full
length, standing, binding her hair; background,
a marble bath with mosaic columns.
The pose of the figure and the name are derived
from the famous statue by Polyclitus
of the boy binding his hair, called from that
circumstance the Diadumenus. Royal Academy,
1884.
DIAMANTE, FRA, born about 1430, died
after 1492. Florentine school; pupil of Fra
Filippo Lippi, and his assistant in painting
the frescos at Prato and Spoleto, the latter
of which were finished by him after his master's
death. Vasari says he attained great
perfection in imitating Fra Filippo's manner
and obtained great credit for it. It is not
possible to distinguish his hand in any of his
master's work.—C. & C., Italy, ii. 352; Vasari,
ed. Le Mon., iv. 121, 127.
DIANA or Artemis, ancient pictures. See
Apelles, Aregon, Timarete.
DIANA, Guercino, Dresden Gallery; canvas,
H. 4 ft. 2 in. × 3 ft.
4 in. Painted for Lorenzo
Delfino, Venice; acquired
in 1738.
DIANA AND ACTÆON,
Domenichino, Pal.
Pitti, Florence; canvas,
H. 1 ft. × 1 ft. 6 in. Subject
from Ovid (Met., iii.
155). Nymphs bathe in a
stream flowing through
thick woods, with mountains
in background; other
nymphs, half nude, recline
upon the banks around
Diana, near whom stand
two dogs; Actæon in the
background.
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Diana and Actæon, Titian, Bridgewater House, London.
By Titian, Bridgewater House, London; canvas, figures two-thirds of life-size; signed. Diana and her nymphs surprised in the bath by Actæon while hunting. Painted for Philip II. of Spain, and sent to him in 1559, together with the Diana and Callisto; given by Philip V. in 1704 to Marquis de Grammont, from whom they passed into the Orleans Collection; bought at its sale for Duke of Bridgewater for £2,500. Small copy at Madrid, probably by Del Mazo. Others, with variations, in Bridgewater House, London; Hampton Court, and in Nostitz Collection, Prague.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 275; Law, Hist. Cat. Hampton Court, 29; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 452; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 31.
