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Landscape with Jupiter and Io

The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

landscape

The subject of the picture was taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses: the jealous Juno catches Jupiter with Io. To save his lover Jupiter transforms her into a cow and entrust her to Argus. The landscape is the main subject of the painting, the human figures are only staffages.

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Landscape with Jupiter and Io

About the Artist

Andrea Schiavone

1510 – 1563

Italian painter and etcher (original name Andrea Meldolla). His nickname "Schiavone" means Slav, reflecting the fact that he came from Zara, Dalmatia (then under Venetian jurisdiction). He worked mainly in Venice, where he was on friendly terms with Titian (who along with Parmigianino was one of the main influences on his style). His most characteristic works were small-scale religious or mythological scenes for private patrons in a vigorous, painterly style.

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