Juno Approaches Semele in the Disguise of Beroë

Semele, daughter of Cadmus, is visited by Juno in the guise of her old nurse Beroë. They sit opposite each other in a garden enclosed by a hedge. Juno harbors resentment against Semele because she is pregnant with Jupiter. Juno advises Semele to ask the god to show himself in his full majesty. Only then can she be sure that the father of the child in her womb is a god and not a mere mortal. His heavenly fire consumes her human body. Below the representation, two times two lines of verse in Latin. The print is part of an album.