Juno Turning Callisto into a Bear

c. 1589

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, after Hendrick Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Related Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

This is a detailed drawing featuring two mythological figures, animals, and a landscape. The artwork shows two figures in the foreground - one standing and holding the other by the hair, who is on the ground. The scene includes swirling clouds above, peacocks with their feathers spread, a pastoral setting with trees, hills, and a distant city, as well as a large animal near a stream. The artist has used intricate lines and cross-hatching to create depth, texture, and shadow in a baroque style composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.5 x 26 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 26.5 x 35 cm (10 7/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.144

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 559, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 535.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 559, i/ii.

Inscriptions

in plate, along bottom: Magna Jovis coniux miré indignata quot esset / Fedare, etheros Parrhasis ausa theros. / Pellice protrata vulsiq infesta capillis, / Pulcra la deformis inssit ut urs foret.

Wikidata ID

Q76559429

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