Jupiter (in the guise of Diana) and Callisto

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Jupiter (in the guise of Diana) and Callisto

Jacob de WitLinkedCulture matchlcp-5882b2d49472

Date
1733
Medium
black chalk, pen and ink, brown and gray wash, watercolor, gouache, white heightening and brown ink framing lines
Culture
Netherlands
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
540586

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The beautiful Callisto was a follower of the goddess Diana. According to Ovid’s Metamorphosis , she was seduced by Jupiter, who fooled her by appearing in the guise of Diana. Here, the eagle at Diana’s back is the only indicator that Jupiter is present. Such scenes of the loves and misdeeds of the gods were popular in Amsterdam at the beginning of the 1700s, and Jacob De Wit’s primary employment was making large paintings destined for the dining and sitting rooms of stately homes. De Wit also made finished drawings, as here, which were prized for their fresh colors, easy movements, and playfulness. The elegant hunting dogs in this composition appear in the background in a faint vignette that features Diana hunting a deer with a bow and arrow.

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Credit line
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
Provenance
Jonas Witsen, Amsterdam (1705-1767) | Hendrik van Maarseveen. His sale, Amsterdam, 28 October 1793, lot B3 (with its pendant Jupiter and Mnemosyne) | J. Goll van Franckenstein (L. 2987), with his number N° 3784. (verso) | Baron Isendoorn à Blois. His sale, Amsterdam, 18 December 1879, lot 180 (probably to Langerhuizen) | P. Langerhuizen. His sale, Amsterdam, 29 April 1919, lot 689 (with Jupiter and Mnemosyne) | Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam | W.J.R. Dreesmann | with Haboldt & Co., Paris, until 2003 | private collection, France, until December 2022 | ?-2023: (Onno van Seggelen Fine Arts, Rotterdamn, The Netherlands), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | June 5, 2023-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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