Aan de slag met de collectie:
A trans seduction
Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto Jacob de Wit (1695-1754), oil on canvas, 1727Jupiter and Callisto. Jupiter, in the guise of Diana, seduces the nymph Callisto in a landscape – the eagle with lightning bolts behind Diana symbolises Jupiter. Would Callisto have allowed herself to be seduced if Jupiter had appeared to her as a male?
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