Jupiter en Callisto, Mattheus Terwesten, 1680 - 1757

Title(s)

Jupiter en Callisto

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-00-261

Inscriptions / marks

• ‘Calisto moede van het jagen rust, soo dat jupiter onder de gedaante van diana haer omhelst.’

Artist

• draughtsman: Mattheus Terwesten

Dating

1680 - 1757

Material

• paper
• ink
• graphite (mineral)

Technique

brush / pen

Measurements

height 199 mm × width 190 mm

What

• Jupiter, in the guise of Diana, and Callisto
• homosexual love - CC - homosexual love between women: lesbianism

Credit line

• Gift of A.A. Stratenus

Acquisition

gift 1809

Copyright

Public domain