The Diana of Versailles or Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (French: Artémis, déesse de la chasse) is a slightly over-lifesize[1] marble statue of the Roman goddess Diana (Greek: Artemis) with a deer. It is currently located in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.[2] The statue is also known as Diana with a Doe (French: Diane à la biche), Diana Huntress (French: Diane chasseresse), and Diana of Ephesus. It is a partially restored Roman copy (1st or 2nd century CE) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, c. 325 BCE.[3][4]
- ^ The statue stands 2.01 meters in height.
- ^ Diane de Versailles (in French), Louvre, 125, retrieved 2023-07-15
- ^ I. Leventi, "Leochares", vol. 19, pp. 169–170, in The Dictionary of Art, 34 volumes, edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove. ISBN 9781884446009.
- ^ "Artemis with a Doe", The Louvre Museum. Archived 2 November 2020.