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Amor steals the thunderbolt from Jupiter
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Amor steals the thunderbolt from Jupiter

Nicolas de Beauvais · 1740 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

Amor has robbed Jupiter of his eagle and thunderbolt. Jupiter remains with empty hands on a cloud. Amor descends to the earth, where a river god and river goddesses look up. On the left a lion and a panther. After the painting in the Cabinet de l'Amour of the Hôtel Lambert. The print is part of a series of prints after the paintings in the Hôtel Lambert in Paris.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAmor rooft de bliksemschicht van Jupiter. 1740. Nicolas de Beauvais. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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