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Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory
Also titled Jupiter, vermomd als herder, verleidt Mnemosyne, godin van het geheugen
Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam, 1695–1754)
1727
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 240 cm x width 205 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
The subjects for this painting and its pendant (right of the mantelpiece) come from the Metamorphoses, famous stories by the Roman author Ovid. In both scenes, Jupiter, king of the gods, disguised himself in order to seduce a maiden. Here, he is seen as a shepherd courting Mnemosyne. In the other painting, he passes himself off as Diana, goddess of the hunt, in order to charm her nymph Callisto.
