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Stories of the misdeeds of the Greek and Roman gods were popular subjects for paintings in the seventeenth century. Pieter Lastman had been to Rome and seen the innovative paintings of Caravaggio and his followers. He takes on their use of chiaroscuro – the dramatic use of light and shadow – and expressive movement to tell this moment of discovery in the story of Io, taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Jupiter, chief of the Roman gods, seduced Io, a young human woman. Interrupted by Juno, his wife, he hastily changed Io into a cow. Lastman shows Jupiter looking up with startled eyes at the enraged Juno, who is accompanied by the peacocks that are her attribute. Two figures pull back a wine-coloured cloth from the head of the transformed Io.
Title
Juno discovering Jupiter with Io
Date
1618
Medium
Oil on wood
Measurements
H 54.3 x W 77.8 cm
Accession number
NG6272
Acquisition method
Presented by Julius Weitzner, 1957
Work type
Painting
