17th century flemish school Alpheus pursued by Arethusa, transformed by Diana Oil on panel Height 43.4 cm - Width 32 cm Taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses, this scene depicts Alpheus, god of a Peloponnesian river, pursuing the nymph Arethusa, saved by Diana who transforms her into a spring. This mythological composition is in the tradition of 17th-century Flemish painting, which drew on the Italianate subjects that were widespread in Northern Europe at the time. The theatrical composition, with its slender figures and dramatic, atmospheric landscape of luminous contrasts, is reminiscent of Lubin Baugin.