Jupiter Rebuked by Venus

c. 1612

Abraham Janssens, Peter Paul Rubens's competitor in Antwerp in the 1610s, produced monumental paintings of mythological and secular subjects. Influenced by his five-year stay in Rome, he injected his paintings with recognizable quotations from ancient sculpture and Italian Renaissance painting. This scene of Venus reprimanding Jupiter on Mount Olympus is a direct reference to a composition by the Italian artist Raphael.

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Artist

Abraham Janssens (Flemish, c. 1575-1632)

Date

c. 1612

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

197.5 × 237.5 cm (77 3/4 × 93 1/2 in.); Framed: 231.1 × 271.8 × 7.6 cm (91 × 107 × 3 in.)

Origin

Flanders

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Purchased with funds provided by The Old Masters Society; the Alexander A. McKay Endowment