Jupiter and Semele

Title

Jupiter and Semele

Draughtsman

• Gaspare Diziani

Verso

Heiliger Hieronymus (Fragment)

Part Number / Total

108 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• chalk?
• coal?
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study

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

Acquisition

Acquired in 1907

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Jupiter
• Semele
• Juno

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ovid

Illustrated Passage

• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 3, 278

Primary

• 95B(SEMELE)51 Juno, in the guise of an old woman (Beroe) induces Semele to ask Jupiter to show himself to her in all his divine splendour

Historic Attribution

• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman