Jupiter and Semele
Item
- Title
- Jupiter and Semele
- Rights
- The National Gallery, London, England. Creative Commons.
- Creator
- Possibly Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594)
- Date
- 1545
- Description
- The mortal Semele lays in a lush green bed, nude, in an open setting of Greco-Roman ruins on top of a hill. She looks out towards the sky where Jupiter thunders down in a storm. A cloud of black and grey with sparks of lightening engulf his form as he falls towards his lovers bed.
- Format
- Painting. Oil on spruce.
- Publisher
- The National Gallery.
- Contributor
- Mckenzi Monical.
- Identifier
- The National Gallery. NG1476.
- Subject
- Italian Renaissance; Renaissance painting; Jupiter; Semele; gods; love.
- Source
- Jpeg file. The National Gallery. 10/22/2023.
- https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/possibly-by-jacopo-tintoretto-jupiter-and-semele
- Site pages
- Jupiter And His Conquests
- Media
Jupiter and Semele