Jacques-Louis David - Jupiter et Antiope

''Jupiter and Antiope'' is a painting of unknown date, showing

Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but ...

and Antiope. On the reverse is a sketch of a young woman. It is possibly attributed to

Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (; 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in ...

, though the attribution is difficult since David disowned most of the works he produced as a young man. David gave this painting to his cousin Marie-Françoise Baudry and her husband. Her grandson Adolphe Guillon left it to the musée de Sens on his death in 1896 where it is now held. It was published in 1911 by Charles Saunier.

Bibliography

*''Jupiter et Antiope'', in ''David, catalogue d’exposition du musée du Louvre'', Paris, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1989. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jupiter and Antiope Paintings of Jupiter (mythology) Mythological paintings by Jacques-Louis David