Jupiter and Mnemosyne, ca. 1719 – 1720

Title

Jupiter and Mnemosyne

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Contractor, employer

• Cornelis van Schuylenburch

Production Place

• Amsterdam
• The Hague

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing
• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten links (mit der Feder in Grau): JdWit / inv~[unleserlich]; bezeichnet unten links (mit Rötel, verwischt): Jupiter bij [unleserlich]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten (mit der Feder in Dunkelbraun): vootrd C` van Schuilenburgh in s´Hage 1719

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Jupiter
• Mnemosyne

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ovid

Illustrated Passage

• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 6, 114

Primary

• 92B1224 Jupiter, in the guise of a shepherd, and Mnemosyne, Titaness and mother of the Muses