Callisto is a nymph who has been raped by Jupiter and is now pregnant. Sensing she is hiding something, Diana orders her entourage to forcibly remove Callisto’s garments, revealing her pregnancy. The work remained in the Spanish royal collection until 1704 when King Philip V gave it to the French ambassador. Callisto has been raped by Zeus (Jupiter) who at the time was dressed as Diana herself – an interesting early reference to non-binary habits. Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online. 1485/90?–1576 Venice) 1; sold Christie's, New York, 27 January 2010, lot 29), which dates to the 1780s and was commissioned by a Russian collector, possibly the Muscovite prince Nicolay Borisovich Yusupov (1751-1831). Callisto was the favourite of Diana, staunch defender of chastity. She was seduced by the lusty Jupiter who assumed the guise of the nymph s mistress Diana in order to gain her confidence. The other nymphs reveal the pregnant belly to the virgin-goddess, who then orders Callisto into exile. Actaeon unwittingly catches Diana plus entourage bathing, while Diana spies the supposedly chaste Callisto’s pregnancy. ‘Diana and Callisto’ was created in c.1528 by Palma Vecchio in High Renaissance style. She was wary of men, but her great beauty proved to be her undoing. Diana and Callisto This drawing which last appeared on the market in 1969 without an attribution is a compositional study by Gaetano Gandolfi for the picture of the same subject (Fig. Both situations relate to sight: something that should be secret being seen. Diana and Callisto. The goddess Diana and her chaste nymphs have returned from hunting to bathe in their sacred stream, but Callisto is reluctant. Diana and Callisto Date: n.d. Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online. Mighty Diana punishes Callisto It shows the moment Diana discovers that one of her hand-maidens, Callisto, is pregnant. History. Object Details. Find more prominent pieces of mythological painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. Diana and Callisto is part of a series of seven famous canvasses, the "poesies", depicting mythological scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses painted for Philip II of Spain after Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor had declined Titian's offer to paint them for him. Diana and Callisto, François Le Moyne (France, Paris, 1688-1737), France, 1725-1728, Paintings, Oil on canvas. 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