Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001487Diana and Actaeon
Provenance
Possibly Jacopo Bassano (died 1592), Venice [inventory of studio content dated April 27, 1592, drawn up shortly after the artist’s death, "No. 130. L’Istoria d’Ateo, d’un braccio d’ogni banda" (The Story of Actaeon, one braccio in every direction); see Giambatista Verci, "Notizie intorno alla vita e alle opere de’pittori, scultori e intagliatori dell città di Bassano," Venice, 1775, p. 75]. Dupille, Paris, by 1763 [engraved by E. Fessard; see Crozat, 1763.] E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, by 1939 [Letter from Charles H. Worcester's secretary to Silberman of October 5, 1939, in curatorial file]; sold by Silberman to Charles H. Worcester, Chicago, 1939; given to the Art Institute, 1939.
Exhibition history
Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Jacopo Bassano, 1957, cat. 60. Peoria, Illinois, Lakeside Center for the Arts and Sciences, The Grand Tour, 1970. no cat. Bassano del Grappa, Museo Civico, Jacopo Bassano, September 5-December 6, 1992, cat. 73. The Art Institute of Chicago, Bill Viola: A 25-Year Survey, October 16, 1999 – January 9, 2000, included in the gallery that held Viola’s The Greeting for the Chicago venue.
Publications
Pierre Crozat, Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux dessins qui sont en France..., vol. 2, L'Ecole venitienne (Paris, 1763), no. XII (ill.). Lili Fröhlich-Bum, "Some Original Compositions by Francesco and Leandro Bassano," Burlington Magazine 61 (1932), p. 114. Frederick A. Sweet, "Actaeon and the Nymphs," Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin 34 (1940), pp. 94-96 (ill.). Roberto Longhi, "Calepino veneziano. XIV. Suggerimenti per Jacopo Bassano," Arte veneta 2 (1948), p. 55, fig. 65; reprinted in Opere complete di Roberto Longhi, vol. 10 (Florence, 1978), p. 98, fig. 197. Frederick A. Sweet, "La pittura italiana all'Art Institute di Chicago," Le vie del mondo: Rivista mensile del Touring Club Italiano 15 (1953), p. 698. Bernard Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School (London, 1957), vol. 1, p. 17. Rodolfo Pallucchini, "Commento alla mostra di Jacopo Bassano," Arte veneta 11 (1957), p. 115. Pietro Zampetti, Jacopo Bassano, trans. J. Guthrie (Rome, 1958), p. 57, pls. 75-76. Edoardo Arslan, I Bassano (Milan, 1960), vol. 1, p. 259. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 18. Alessandro Ballarin, "Chirurgia bassanesca (I)," Arte veneta 20 (1966), p. 116. Alessandro Ballarin, "La vecchiaia di Jacopo Bassano: Le fonti e la critica," Atti dell'istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti 125 (1967), pp. 159, 161. Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Mass., 1972), pp. 18, 469, 571. Licisco Magagnato in The Genius of Venice, 1500-1600, exh. cat. (London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1983), p. 151, under no. 11. Christopher Lloyd, Italian Paintings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1993), pp. 21-24 (ill.). Carl Brandon Strehlke, "Italian Paintings before 1600 in The Art Institute of Chicago, A Catalogue of the Collection." (book review) Burlington Magazine 136 (1994), p. 625.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jacopo Bassano (Italian, c. 1510-1592)
- Date
- 1585–92
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 63.6 × 68.7 cm (25 × 27 in.); Framed: 82.6 × 88.3 × 10.2 cm (32 1/2 × 34 3/4 × 4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- oil on canvas
- Style
- 16th Century
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
- Accession no.
- 1939.2239
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