Facebook
sprite-icon-instagram
Twitter
sprite-icon-wechat
Weibo
X
sprite-icon-youtube
sprite-icon-accessible
Group 3
sprite-icon-arrow
sprite-icon-audio-description
sprite-icon-calendar
sprite-icon-camera
UI/Chevron/Large/Black
sprite-icon-chevron
Artboard 1
sprite-icon-copyright
sprite-icon-data
sprite-icon-download
sprite-icon-grid
sprite-icon-image
i
sprite-icon-list
sprite-icon-magazine
sprite-icon-maximise
sprite-icon-museum
sprite-icon-osd-minus
sprite-icon-osd-plus
Group 6
sprite-icon-pin
sprite-icon-plus
sprite-icon-print
Fill 1
sprite-icon-share
sprite-icon-shop
sprite-icon-tag
sprite-icon-tea
sprite-icon-ten-percent-tag
Artboard 1
sprite-icon-wallet
sprite-icon-zoom
Skip to main content
Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.
Menu
Main navigation
Visit
Toggle Visit submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Visit
—
Visit
—
Family visits
—
Group visits
—
Audio app
—
Out-of-hours tours
—
Tours and talks
—
Object trails
—
Accessibility
—
Food and drink
—
Late opening on Fridays
—
Museum map
Exhibitions and events
Collection
Toggle Collection submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Collection
—
Collection
—
Collection online
—
Galleries
—
Blog
—
The British Museum podcast
Learn
Toggle Learn submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Learn
—
Learn
—
Schools
—
Communities
—
Adult learning
—
Young people
Membership
Toggle Membership submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Membership
—
Membership
—
Members' events
—
Young Friends
—
Existing Members
—
Visiting as a Member
Support us
Toggle Support us submenu
Back
to previous menu
—
Support us
—
Donate
—
Corporate support
—
Become a Patron
—
Supporter case studies
—
Become a Volunteer
—
Existing Patrons
—
Leave a legacy
—
American Friends of the British Museum
Secondary navigation
Shop
Search
Donate
Hide menu
print
Object Type
print
Museum number
U,8.30
Title
Object:
Jupiter sous la forme de Diane amoureux de Calisto
Description
Jupiter in the guise of Diana, sitting with Callisto at the edge of a wood and embracing her; several cupids around them. 1759 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jean Daullé
Formerly attributed to:
Nicolas Poussin
After:
Karel Philips Spierincks
Published by:
Jean Daullé
School/style
French
Production date
1759
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
433 millimetres
Width:
557 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Advertised in 'Mercure', March 1759 and shown at the Salon on the same year. We are grateful to François Marandet (email Feb 2020) for pointing out that the related painting, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1963-116-12), is no longer given to Poussin but is thought to be a work by his Flemish contemporary in Rome, Spierincks.
Bibliographic references
Delignières 1873 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Daullé d'Abbeville
(144)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(143.II)
Andresen 1863 / Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten...
(336.II)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Callisto
Representation of:
Zeus/Jupiter
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(Inscribed in pencil on the verso with Philipe's version of Cracherode's monogram)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
U,8.30