Jupiter Seduces Callisto in the Guise of Diana, after Ovid's Metamorphoses
Date
1590Period
16th centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Jupiter seduced Callisto by pretending to be Diana; this allowed him to get close to her. In the foreground, Diana/Jupiter and Callisto stand side by side. In the background right, Jupiter overpowers Callisto. Twice two lines of Latin text are given below the scene. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This…
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Jupiter seduced Callisto by pretending to be Diana; this allowed him to get close to her. In the foreground, Diana/Jupiter and Callisto stand side by side. In the background right, Jupiter overpowers Callisto. Twice two lines of Latin text are given below the scene. This print is part of a series of 52 prints depicting stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. This series is divided into three numbered series: two of 20 prints and one of 12 prints. This print belongs to the second series.
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