Diana Bathing

Jean-Baptiste Boudard

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The French artist Boudard settled in Italy after receiving the Prix de Rome in 1732, eventually becoming sculptor at the court of Parma. This figure, his first extant work, is identifiable as the goddess Diana by the crescent moon in her hair. The pose recalls statuettes by the Italian Mannerist Giovanni Bologna, but there is a new relaxation in the composition that reflects contemporary French sculptors such as Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art