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Jupiter and Callisto

Jupiter and Callisto

Textile ArtsFrench17th-18th century

Jupiter and Callisto

c. 1700

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

Mythological tapestry depicting episodes from the story of Diana and Callisto (from Ovid's Metamorphoses and Fasti), with Diana bathing with her attendants while Zeus (Jupiter), disguised as Diana, lies with Callisto. The figures are small in relation to the landscape, and have rather blunt facial features and inelegant forms. In contrast, the landscape is superbly rendered. The borders are not quite simulated picture frames: the rectilinear moldings contain twisted acanthus leaves plaited with colorful flowers which sometimes cross illusionistically into the visual field.

Classification

Textile Arts

Medium

Textile fibers

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

299.7 x 482.6 cm (118 x 190 in.)

Provenance

The Hearst Foundation, Inc., gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960

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