Jupiter Appearing to Semele, by Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi), 1501–47
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Jupiter Appearing to Semele

Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)

1501–47

Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with yellow gouache, on brown-washed paper
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
15 x 18-1/16 in. (38.1 x 45.8 cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1983
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art