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Jupiter, Io and Juno
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Jupiter has changed Io, his beloved, into a white cow to hide her from his wife Juno. He sits with a lightning bolt in his arm on a cloud and points to the white cow next to him at Juno, who has come to him with her peacock. Juno asks for the cow as a gift and thus prevents further adultery of her husband. The print is part of a four-part series of prints with scenes from the mythological story of Argus.
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Credit lineJupiter, Io en Juno. 1670 - 1672. Gerard de Lairesse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.