Diana's Nymphs is a painting of a mythological subject featuring a group of female nudes and a stone statue in the background.

This is probably one of George’s earliest known nudes, completed before the young artist went to Italy in 1843. George depicts Diana, the Greek goddess of hunting, and her nymphs resting in the shade, possibly preparing to bathe. The statue in the background probably represents the young hunter Prince Actaeon, who accidentally discovered Diana and her companions and saw the virginal goddess naked. To punish him, Diana turned Actaeon into a stag and made his own hounds tear him to pieces. The painting has an erotic quality created by the women’s sensual poses and varied skin tones. It was displayed on the walls of a Gentlemen’s Club, the Cosmopolitan.

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