This piece depicts the mythological scene in which the unapproachable Diana changes the hunter Actaeon into a deer and has him torn to pieces by his own dogs for having watched her bathing. The base of the piece presents the forest floor, upon which lies the head of the stag Actaeon, with the dogs falling ravenously upon it. The inscription picked out in diamonds on the rim of the base reads, "DISCRETION SERT EFFRONTERIE PERD" ("Discretion is laudable, indiscretion unwise").
The piece depicts a mythological scene where the inaccessible Diana transforms the hunter Actaeon into a deer and has his dogs tear him to pieces for observing her bathing. The base of the sculpture features the forest floor, upon which lies the stag's head, with the dogs devouring it ravenously. The inscription on the rim reads "Discretion is laudable, indiscretion unwise."