Plate 3: Jupiter emerging from a niche, riding an eagle and holding a thunderbolt in his left hand, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 4 5/16 in. (20.9 × 10.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.224
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold Plate 3 from the series *Mythological and Goddesses* (1526), a engraving depicting Jupiter, the Roman king of the gods, dramatically emerging from a shadowed niche. astride his loyal eagle while clutching a thunderbolt in his left hand This powerful image captures the deity in a moment of divine authority, with swirling clouds and muscular form emphasizing his celestial might. Created by engraver Giovanni Jacopo Car after a design by the Mannerist painter Rosso Fiorentino, this print exemplifies early 16th-century Italian innovation. Rosso's bold, elongated figures and dramatic composi...
About the Artist
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Rosso Fiorentino · 1500–1565
Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?)