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Arcas aims his arrow at Callisto
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Arcas, the son of Jupiter and Callisto, aims his arrow at a bear, not knowing that it is his mother. She was turned into a bear fifteen years earlier by Juno out of jealousy. In the background right, Jupiter places mother and son in the sky as constellations. In the lower margin, a four-line explanation in two columns, in Latin.
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Credit lineArcas richt zijn pijl op Callisto. 1590. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
