Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British, Jupiter and Io, 1785
- Title:
Jupiter and Io
- Date:
- 1785
- Medium:
- Mezzotint (etched letter proof, title open) on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 7/8 × 17 3/4 inches (58.1 × 45.1 cm), Plate: 22 1/8 × 17 1/8 inches (56.2 × 43.5 cm), Image: 21 × 17 inches (53.3 × 43.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "[...]"; lower left: "#31"; lower right: "13936"
Collector’s mark: William Augustus Fraser (Lugt 2832)
Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by J. Hoppner. | From the Original Picture - | Jupiter and lo. | - in the Possession of Lord Hampden. | Published Decemb.r. 1st 1785 by V Green and Son, No 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London."; lower right: "Engraved by V Green., Mezzotinto Engraver to his Majesty and to the Elector Palatine. | Se vend chez les Ereres Torre, Marchantes d'Estampes, a Loudre."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.431
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cloud | Jupiter, shrouded in clouds, woos Io, daughter of Inachus; Juno may be watching the lovers | leaning | nude | pool | religious and mythological subject | shawl | water | wooing
- Associated People:
- Jupiter
Io, daughter of Inachus, the first king of Argos - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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