Callisto1.0120_Boucher

Callisto1.0120_Boucher

OGCMA s.v. "Callisto"

The Met

François Boucher (1703-1770), "Jupiter, in the Guise of Diana, and Callisto" (1763), oil on canvas; The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982, obj. no. 1982.60.45.

As described in Ovid Metamorphoses, 2.425-40, Jupiter's subterfuge was not unresisted by Callisto. Her gentle touch upon the god's right wrist and locked eyes suggest welcome submission. The menacing, Jovian eagle acknowledges the shady oversight from Olympus.

The image at right is derived from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website, with the object is stated as belonging to the public domain.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University press.
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