Where to See Diana and her Companions: Mauritshuis

Johannes Vermeer composed this early work showing Diana with her attendant nymphs. The goddess sits while one companion washes her feet in a quiet, contemplative scene.

This mythological subject is unusual in Vermeer's oeuvre. It hangs at the Mauritshuis in The Hague.

You can see it at Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. Johannes Vermeer created it. The goddess sits while one companion washes her feet in a quiet, contemplative scene.

Johannes Vermeer, in a rare mythological subject for him You can see it at Mauritshuis. The goddess sits while one companion washes her feet in a quiet, contemplative scene.

No, this early mythological painting is quite different from Vermeer's famous quiet domestic interiors. He painted it before developing the intimate, light-filled style that made him one of art history's most admired painters.

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