R18 >> 『It is seen that the Diana of R17 also not equipped with “bow and arrow”!
And to equip, or not to equip, that is the question. 』
I think I didn’t make the statement clear enough again.
The Diana (1778) by Joseph Nollekens in V&A Museum actually is holding an imaginary arrow and grip a solid center portion of a bow and therefore should be considered as “armed”.
The rendition of holding the bow grip, instead of the whole piece, probably was inspired by the Diana of Versailles cresting the Fountain of Diana seen in the gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau which I revisited in the Summer: