Jupiter and Io (recto); sketch of a male figure stabbing himself in the chest (verso), mid-16th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; squared in red chalk (recto); pen and gray ink (verso), 9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in. (23.6 x 17.9 cm), Drawings, Attributed to Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) (Italian, Florence 1510–1563 Rome), Portraying a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, this sheet depicts Jupiter and the beautiful young Io. After enveloping Io in a dark cloud, Jupiter seduced her and, to conceal her identity from his wife Juno, transformed Io into a heifer (portrayed at lower left)
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Jupiter, Io, recto, sketch, male figure stabbing, chest, verso, mid-16th century, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, traces, black chalk, squared, red, pen, gray, 9 5/16 x 7 1/16, 23.6 17.9 cm, Drawings, Attributed to Francesco Salviati, Francesco de' Rossi, Italian, Florence, 1510–1563, Rome, Portraying, story, Ovid, Metamorphoses, sheet depicts Jupiter, beautiful young, enveloping Io, dark cloud, Jupiter seduced, conceal, identity, wife Juno, transformed, heifer, portrayed, lower left
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