Skip to Content
Today Open today 11–8

  • Mon 11–5
  • Tue–Wed Closed
  • Thu 11–8
  • Fri–Sun 11–5
  • The first hour of every day, 10–11 a.m., is reserved for member-only viewing.

Jupiter and Mnemosyne

A work made of pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown and gray wash, with watercolor, heightened with white gouache, over traces of graphite on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

Image actions

  • A work made of pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown and gray wash, with watercolor, heightened with white gouache, over traces of graphite on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1733

Artist:

Jacob de Wit
Flemish, 1695-1754

About this artwork

This colorful drawing features the amorous pair of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, goddess of memory. According to the Roman version of the Greek myth, the two gods’ courtship gave rise to the birth of the nine muses. De Wit sets the title figures in a pastoral scene replete with an infant shepherd, distant mountains, and loyal hounds.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jacob de Wit

Title

Jupiter and Mnemosyne

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1733

Medium

Pen and brown and black ink and brush and brown and gray wash, with watercolor, heightened with white gouache, over traces of graphite on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left, in pen and brown ink: "JDewit / 1733"

Dimensions

44.9 × 31 cm (17 11/16 × 12 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.1047

IIIF Manifest  The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.

https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/185913/manifest.json

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Share

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.
Learn more

Image actions

Share

Suggested Terms