Selene in a Landscape, Oil on Canvas

An early-eighteenth century depiction of Selene, Greek goddess and personification of the moon, as is described in Hymn to Selene – one of the thirty three ancient Greek Homeric Hymns:

And next, sweet voiced Muses, daughters of Zeus, well-skilled in song, tell of the long-winged Moon. From her immortal head a radiance is shown from heaven and embraces earth; and great is the beauty that ariseth from her shining light. The air, unlit before, glows with the light of her golden crown, and her rays beam clear, whensoever bright Selene having bathed her lovely body in the waters of Ocean, and donned her far-gleaming, shining team, drives on her long-maned horses at full speed, at eventime in the mid-month: then her great orbit is full and then her beams shine brightest as she increases. So she is a sure token and a sign to mortal men.
Translated by Evelyn-White

Oil on canvas nailed to a board, showing slight water damage to the bottom left corner (as is evident in the photographs). Sold as found in frame.