Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory, Jacob de Wit, 1727 , The Jacob de Wit Collection

Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory, Jacob de Wit, 1727

Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory, Jacob de Wit, 1727 — Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory

Painter: Jacob de Wit
Year: 1727
Medium: oil on canvas

Description: The subjects for this painting and its pendant (right of the mantelpiece) come from the Metamorphoses, famous stories by the Roman author Ovid. In both scenes, Jupiter, king of the gods, disguised himself in order to seduce a maiden. Here, he is seen as a shepherd courting Mnemosyne. In the other painting, he passes himself off as Diana, goddess of the hunt, in order to charm her nymph Callisto.

The Jacob de Wit Collection Catalog

Room 1

Annunciation to the Virgin

Jacob de Wit, 1723
Paris and Oenone

Jacob de Wit, 1737
Design for a ceiling painting with the Apotheosis of Aeneas, in the corners the Four Seasons

Jacob de Wit, 1720 - 1725
Putti with Mirrors

Jacob de Wit, 1725 - 1744
Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory

Jacob de Wit, 1727
Jupiter, Disguised as Diana, Seducing the Nymph Callisto

Jacob de Wit, 1727
Autumn

Jacob de Wit, 1746
Winter

Jacob de Wit, 1740
Autumn

Jacob de Wit, 1740
Summer

Jacob de Wit, 1740
Moses Choosing the seventy Elders

Jacob de Wit, 1736 - 1737
Saint Philip Baptizes the Eunuch

Jacob de Wit, 1748

Room 2

Callisto, Amor and Jupiter with the eagle

Jacob de Wit, 1746
Design for a chimney

Jacob de Wit, 1732
Proclamation

Jacob de Wit, 1732
Visit of Archduke Maximilian of Austria to the Holy City

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Confirmation of the Miracle by the rulers of Amsterdam

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
The miracle of Amsterdam: the sick child

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Sketch for miraculous host recovered in ashes

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
The miraculous host recovered in the ashes

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for a wall hanging with three putti

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1804
Apollo shoots through Coronis with an arrow

Jacob de Wit, 1706 - 1754
The Mission in the Temple

Jacob de Wit, 1746
Standing man with turban, seen from the back

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754

Room 3

Standing man with turban and cane, seen from the back

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Frieze of putti with garlands of flowers grouped around a hand holding a ring

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Frieze of putti with garlands of flowers grouped around a beehive

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Head of an old man and a young woman

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Study of two hands clasping a staff

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
The Holy Communion, presented in the Upper Room

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Head of man with beard, eyes looking sideways upward

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
H. Barbara of Nicomedia

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
De Verstandigheid Josephs in 't gathering the wheat

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for a mural in the rectory of the Moses and Aaron Church

Jacob de Wit, 1716
Man portrait, to the left

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
King figure and the youngsters in the oven

Jacob de Wit, 1716

Room 4

Aaron and Hur prop up Moses' hands during the people of Israel's battle against the Amalekites

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Portrait of A.B. Quest

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Sketch of kiddies playing with a goat

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Five little children playing with a goat

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Drie manskoppen

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1721
Seated male nude, facing left

Jacob de Wit, 1747
Resurrection of Christ

Jacob de Wit, 1736
Allegorical female figure with two putti above a rocaille cartouche

Jacob de Wit, 1731
Old woman with child and fire test

Jacob de Wit, 1734
Engelengroep

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for a three-piece ceiling decoration

Jacob de Wit, 1724
Design for ceiling mural with Aurora

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754

Room 5

Naked man

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Nude little boy

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Three floating putti

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Justice and Mercy

Jacob de Wit, 1735
Proclamation to Mary

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Proclamation to Mary

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Christ in the midst of Pharisees in front of a gate

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Sketch for Allegory of the silk trade

Jacob de Wit, 1738
Allegory of the silk trade

Jacob de Wit, 1738
Zomer

Jacob de Wit, 1744
Lente

Jacob de Wit, 1744
Herfst

Jacob de Wit, 1744

Room 6

Winter

Jacob de Wit, 1744
Archangel Michael defeats the dragon

Jacob de Wit, 1720
Two men with stitches on view a mat chair

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Man's head with large beard

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Mercurius ontsteelt Venus haar gordel

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Two medallions with children

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Five putti near a reclining lion

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Autumn and Winter

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Zomer

Jacob de Wit, 1743
Vanitas-allegorie

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Putti with bust of woman among trees

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for ceiling painting

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754

Room 7

Floating cherubs with a flower basket

Jacob de Wit, 1722 - 1737
Dawn

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for ceiling painting showing putti with basket

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Spring and summer

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Autumn and winter

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for a ceiling mural depicting the apotheosis of Hercules and four of his works

Jacob de Wit, 1746
Amoret head to the left

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for a door or chimney piece with three putti

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Diana and Endymion

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for ceiling painting

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for ceiling painting

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for ceiling painting

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754

Room 8

Design for ceiling painting

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for ceiling painting

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Sketch for ceiling painting

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for ceiling painting

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Study sheet with human figures

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Self-portrait of Jacob de Wit

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Study sheet with two heads

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Study sheet with five heads

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Pagan priests sacrifice on an altar

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Two putti with medallion, containing Narcissus and Echo

Jacob de Wit, 1744
Two putti with medallion showing Apollo's appearance to muse

Jacob de Wit, 1744
Portrait of Jacob Carpi

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754

Room 9

Mathematics, Commerce, Geography and Shipbuilding

Jacob de Wit, 1742
Head of a cherub, to the left

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Vrouwenhoofd, links in profiel, benedenwaarts gewend

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Kneeling woman, to the right in profile

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Praying woman, facing left in profile

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Allegory of commerce with four putti

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Allegory with three putti at an altar

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Allegory of viticulture

Jacob de Wit, 1745
Female head with curly hair, three-quarters to the right and hunched over

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Ceres, Venus, Bacchus and sleeping Amor

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Study sheet with ten heads

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Self-portrait of Jacob de Wit

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754

Room 10

Self-portrait of Jacob de Wit

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Design for a ceiling mural featuring Diana and Endymion

Jacob de Wit, 1726
The arrangement goddesses

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Moses elects the seventy elders

Jacob de Wit, 1736 - 1737
Concordia, Pax, Libertas en Fidelitas

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Three putti

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Bust on pedestal with three putti

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754
Zelfportret in medaillon omringd door schildersattributen

Jacob de Wit, 1705 - 1754

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