Eleonora of Gonzaga (1628-1686) as Diana, Empress, 3. wife of Ferdinand III. Frans Luyckx
Eleonore is shown as a hunting goddess Diana with a greyhound, bows and arrows and a hunting horn in the background. Bottom right are in the form of a hunting style life a Damtier, a hare, a pheasant, a male bar-tailed godwit and Pochard.
1651
color on canvas
153 × 126 cm (60.2 x 49.6 in)
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna
Accession number GG_4508
Object history Ambraser Coll.
Inscriptions
German: Caption: Top center not original inscription from the 18th century: ELEONORA Rom. KAYSERIN; . Bez in collar Greyhound: E. R. (probably for Eleonora Regina)
Notes Person: Eleonora di Carlo II Gonzaga.
