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Jacob de Wit

Jupiter (in the guise of Diana) and Callisto

1733
black chalk, pen and ink, brown and gray wash, watercolor, gouache, white heightening and brown ink framing lines

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The elegant hunting dogs in this composition appear in the background in a faint vignette that features Diana hunting a deer with a bow and arrow.

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