''Jupiter Raised by the Nymph Adrasteia'' or ''The Childhood of Jupiter'' is a 17th-century painting by

Jacob Jordaens Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (19 May 1593 – 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Fle ...

, now in the

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (, ''Old Masters Gallery'') in Dresden, Germany, displays around 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It includes major Italian Renaissance works as well as Dutch and Flemish paintings. Outstandin ...

in Kassel, Germany. It shows the infant

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 ...

being raised by the nymph

Adrasteia In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Adrasteia (; , ), also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestea, Adastreia or Adrasta), originally a Phrygian mountain goddess, probably associated with Cybele, was later a Cretan nymph, and daughter of Melis ...

Sources

* Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Schloss Wilhelmshöhe. 2. Auflage. Westermann. Braunschweig 1982, pages 50−51. * {{Authority control Paintings by Jacob Jordaens Paintings of Jupiter (mythology) Paintings of children Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Kassel) Goats in art Musical instruments in art