Diana and Actaeon 1889

Otto Scholderer's 1889 charcoal drawing, "Diana and Actaeon", depicts the Greek myth of the goddess Diana, who transforms the hunter Actaeon into a stag for having seen her bathing naked. The image shows the figures of Diana and Actaeon, both nude, in a wooded landscape. The viewer witnesses the moment Actaeon is being transformed, as his body contorts into that of a stag. The depiction captures the raw emotion of the myth, with Diana’s anger and Actaeon’s fear rendered in Scholderer's distinctive, expressive style. This drawing is currently housed in the Städel Museum.