The Fountain of Diana (French: Fontaine de Diane), also known as the Diana of Anet (French: Diane d'Anet) and Diana with a Stag (French: Diane au cerf), is a marble Mannerist sculpture of the goddess Diana, representing Diane de Poitiers. It was created c. 1550 to be the central ornament of a grand fountain in a courtyard of Diane de Poitier's Château d'Anet, but today is in the Louvre, Room 214 (formerly 15b) on the ground floor of the Richelieu Wing (Louvre inventory no. MR 1581 MR sup 123); the Louvre has retitled it Diane appuyée sur un cerf ("Diana leaning on a deer"). It was long believed to be the work of Jean Goujon, but the identity of the sculptor is now considered uncertain, although Benvenuto Cellini, Germain Pilon, Pierre Bontemps, and Ponce Jacquiot [fr] have in turn been suggested.
Author: The sculptor is now considered uncertain, although Benvenuto Cellini, Germain Pilon, Pierre Bontemps, and Ponce Jacquiot [fr] have in turn been suggested. | Date: c. 1550
