This grisaille, or monochrome painting, is a copy after a drawing by Giulio Romano. It represents an episode from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (VIII). King Meleager gathered a group of warriors to chase the boar which had been sent by the goddess Diana to ruin the land of Calydon. Cupid fires his arrow to make Meleager fall in love with the huntress, Atalanta, to whom Meleager presented the head of the boar as a trophy. The huntsmen’s objection to the gift caused a war between the Calydonians and the Curetes, as well as king Meleager’s death.

Provenance: Founders bequest

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: after Giulio Romano (1499-1546)
Date: unknown

Image Details
Date: 12 May 2024
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Image of a Bowes Museum asset. This image cannot be licensed.