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Jupiter Beguiled by Juno on Mount Ida

1790 to 1799

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The story

In Iliad book 14 Hera (Juno) borrows Aphrodite's girdle to seduce Zeus (Jupiter) on Mount Ida, so he will sleep and look away from the war.

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Object details

Title: Jupiter Beguiled by Juno on Mount Ida
Artist: James Barry
Date: 1790 to 1799
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Graves Gallery, Sheffield (VIS.2742)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0891
Original image: 3000 × 2378 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

James Barry. Jupiter Beguiled by Juno on Mount Ida. 1790 to 1799. Graves Gallery, Sheffield (VIS.2742). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0891/

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