Jupiter and Callisto

1765

Charles Eisen

Associated Names
Charles Eisen

Artist, French, 1720 - 1778

The artwork features a detailed illustration of multiple figures in a natural setting. The central scene shows three figures seated among foliage. A female figure in the center is reclined against another figure, with her face turned towards her companions. Two female figures are engaged in conversation, while a cherubic child reaches towards them. Above, a floating figure is surrounded by clouds and tree branches. In the foreground, hunting dogs rest beside a horn. The background includes trees and clouds, creating a pastoral setting. The illustration is framed with an ornate border and attributed to Ch. Eisen from 1765, depicting the mythological theme of Jupiter taking the form of Diana to seduce the nymph Callisto.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove(?) paper, laid down

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 13.2 x 8.9 cm (5 3/16 x 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.883

  • Series Title

    Album of Drawings & Prints for "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide"

Associated Artworks

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Daphne poursuivie par Apollon, et changee en Laurier par son Pere

Charles Monnet

1767

Album of Preliminary Drawings and Prints for "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide" (volume 2)

Various Artists

1767

Daphne poursuivie par Apollon, et changee en Laurier par son Pere

Jean-Charles Baquoy

1767

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 214-216, 288-289, no. 93b (color).

Bibliography

1877

  • Portalis, Baron Roger de. Les dessinateurs d'illustrations au 18e siècle. 2 parts in 4 vols. Paris, 1877, 1 (pt.1): 33, 40; 1 (pt. 2); 199-200, 211, 286, 293, 358; 2 (pt. 1): 399-400, 402-403, 411, 426-427, 459; 2 (pt. 2): 687 (the set of Metamorphoses drawings).

1912

  • Cohen, Henri. Guide de l'amateur de livres à gravures de XVIIIe siècle. 6th ed., rev. and augmented by Seymour de Ricci. Paris, 1912: col. 772 (the set of Metamorphoses drawings).

1923

  • Ricci, Seymour de. A Checklist of the More Important French Illustrated Books of the Eighteenth Century. Philadelphia, 1923: [21] (the set of Metamorphoses drawings).

Inscriptions

signed and dated in graphite below the image at lower left: C.h .. Eisen, inv...et..f. 1765

Wikidata ID

Q64538497

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