Diana and her Nymphs

Diana and Her Companions (Dutch: Diana en haar Nimfen or Diana en haar gezellinnen) is a painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer completed in the early to mid-1650s, now at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague. Although the exact year is unknown, the work may be the artisit's earliest surviving painting, with some art historians placing it before Christ in the House of Martha and Mary and some after.

The painting's solemn mood is unusual for a scene depicting the goddess Diana, and the nymph washing the central figure's feet has captured the attention of critics and historians, both for her activity and contemporary clothing. Rather than directly illustrating one of the dramatic moments in well-known episodes from myths about Diana, the scene shows a woman and her attendants quietly at her toilette. The theme of a woman in a private, reflective moment would grow stronger in Vermeer's pai…

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