Jupiter and Callisto
Domenico VitoWW-1560-089857
1560·Engraving in black on ivory laid paper·Plate: 18.9 × 28.2 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21 × 29.7 cm (8 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
<p>In Roman mythology, Callisto is a nymph of Diana, the goddess of chastity. Jupiter, disguised as Diana and with the help of Cupid, seduces and impregnates Callisto.<br>Domenico Vito, an Italian monk and printmaker, based his <em>Jupiter and Callisto</em> on Pierre Milan’s engraving, after Francesco Primaticcio’s fresco in the Palace of Fontainebleau. Primaticcio was a member of the First School of Fontainebleau, a group of Italian masters brought into France by Francis I to decorate the royal palace. In 1542 Primaticcio set up a school of printmaking, where Milan was a member.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1560
- Dimensions
- Plate: 18.9 × 28.2 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21 × 29.7 cm (8 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Domenico Vito
Artist
Domenico Vito
Printmaking
Domenico Vito (Italian, active 1576-1586)
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- Domenico Vito
- Year
- 1560
- Dimensions
- Plate: 18.9 × 28.2 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21 × 29.7 cm (8 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1560-089857
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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