![]() ![]() The painting thus belongs to an important early series of ambitious pictures inspired by biblical, classical and mythological themes. All of these were painted before the artist traveled to Algeria in 1846, after which he increasingly explored oriental motifs. This picture emerged from the artist's exploration of the female nude seen in such important works as Susannah and the Elders (Salon of 1839), Andromeda attached to a rock by the Nereids (Salon of 1840), and The Toilet of Esther (Salon of 1841). Predating that decisive voyage by several months, Diana Surprised by Acteon injects the romantic coloring associated with Delacroix into the classic linear armature learned during the course of his apprenticeship with Ingres. ![]() The engagement with Delacroix's expressive colorism became particularly marked after 1840 when Chassériau broke definitively with Ingres as a result of a disagreement between the two men during the younger painter's sojourn in Rome. Over the years, he also developed a profound admiration for the work of Eugène Delacroix. ![]() DIANE SURPRISED BY ACTEON, OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AND DATED BY THEODORE CHASSERIAUĪ remarkably precocious talent, Chassériau entered Ingres's atelier at the age of twelve. ![]()
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