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Arcadian Landscape with Jupiter and Io
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Arcadian Landscape with Jupiter and Io

1680 - 1726

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 160cm × w 131.7cm × t 4.2cm × d 5.8cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting; mural painting

Subject Matter

Io changed into a cow: to avoid detection by Juno, Jupiter changes Io into a cow (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 611); pastorales, Arcadische taferelen

Acquisition Method

nationalization 1795

Acquired

1799

Notes

buitenmaat: diepte 5,8 cm (drager incl. SK-L-4995)

Collection Type

paintings

About Johannes Glauber

1646–1726Dutch Republic

As one of the most popular proponents of idealized classical landscape in the Netherlands in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, he became known as the "Poussin de la Hollande." Comment on works: Landscapes; Ruins