Diana y Calisto
Diana y Calisto (Jupiter Seduces Callisto) c1745-49 by French Painter Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (1714 – 1789); as well as a draughtsman and printmaker.
This is another interpretation of the seduction of Calisto, the favorite nymph of Diana, the Goddess of the Hunt by Jupiter, King of the Gods, as he assumes the guise of Diana.
This version of the Roman myth shows Calisto reclining near a large column of sorts, on top of a large quilt that has been placed on the ground along with another large embroidered material that is tucked underneath by the upper portion of her body.
Calisto is mostly disrobed, with part of her right arm placed inside the sleeve of a white garment, and a sheer white silk garment covering part of her right leg.
She is being embraced by Jupiter who is in the guise of Diana who seems to be partially floating in the air and is partially clothed in a leopard skin about to kiss Calisto.
Below them is a cherub slight wrapped in a string of red and white roses, lying down on a large quiver with decorative gold trimming and a red corded handle; which leans up against a rock with green plants around it.
This is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a canvas print online.
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