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Jupiter on Clouds with Lightning Bolts and Eagle
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Jupiter on Clouds with Lightning Bolts and Eagle

Jacob Binck · 1530 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Jupiter, god of the sky and the fickle weather, seated on clouds with lightning bolts in his hand, accompanied by an eagle. Below the composition is the inscription IVPPITER AETHEREA SVMMA DOMINATOR IN ARCE. Copy after a print by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio.

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Credit lineJupiter op wolken met bliksemschichten en adelaar. 1530. Jacob Binck. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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