Jupiter and Callisto (Boucher, 1744)

Painting by François Boucher

Jupiter and Callisto

Artist	François Boucher
Year	1744
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	98 cm × 72 cm (39 in × 28 in)
Location	Pushkin Museum, Moscow

Jupiter and Callisto is a 1744 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist François Boucher, now in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. It shows Jupiter disguised as Diana to seduce Callisto.

Mythological theme

Jupiter, who is in love with Callisto, takes on the appearance of Diana to seduce her. The painting depicts the flirtation between Jupiter, under the disguise of the goddess of the hunt, and her favorite nymph.

Bibliography

Russia & Europe in the Nineteenth Century, Edward Strachan, Roy Bolton, Sphinx Fine Art, 2008 (page 86)

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Paintings	List of paintings Aurora and Cephalus (1733) Hercules and Omphale (1734) Landscape near Beauvais (c. 1740) The Triumph of Venus (1740) Diana Bathing (1742) Jupiter and Callisto (1744) Diana Returning from the Hunt (1745) The Brunette Odalisque (c. 1745) Pastoral with a Couple near a Fountain (1749) The Light of the World (1750) Pompadour at Her Toilette (1750) Venus Consoling Love (1751) The Toilet of Venus (1751) The Blonde Odalisque (1751, 1752) The Rising of the Sun (1752) The Setting of the Sun (1752) The Birth of Venus (1754) Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas (1757) Fishing (1757) Lovers in a Park (1758) Jupiter and Callisto (1759) Portrait of Madame de Pompadour (1759) The Judgment of Paris (c. 1763)
Drawings	The Game of Chinese Chess (c. 1741–1763)

François Boucher

Paintings

List of paintings
Aurora and Cephalus (1733)
Hercules and Omphale (1734)
Landscape near Beauvais (c. 1740)
The Triumph of Venus (1740)
Diana Bathing (1742)
Jupiter and Callisto (1744)
Diana Returning from the Hunt (1745)
The Brunette Odalisque (c. 1745)
Pastoral with a Couple near a Fountain (1749)
The Light of the World (1750)
Pompadour at Her Toilette (1750)
Venus Consoling Love (1751)
The Toilet of Venus (1751)
The Blonde Odalisque (1751, 1752)
The Rising of the Sun (1752)
The Setting of the Sun (1752)
The Birth of Venus (1754)
Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas (1757)
Fishing (1757)
Lovers in a Park (1758)
Jupiter and Callisto (1759)
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour (1759)
The Judgment of Paris (c. 1763)

Drawings

The Game of Chinese Chess (c. 1741–1763)

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