Juno Commanding Argus to Keep Watch on Io, Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1655 - 1683

Title(s)

Juno Commanding Argus to Keep Watch on Io

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-1936

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘Berchem’

Description

Juno geeft de herder Argus opdracht Io te bewaken. Links Io in de gedaante van een koe. Achter Juno haar triomfwagen en twee pauwen.

Artist

• painter: Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem

Dating

1655 - 1683

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 24.5 cm × width 31.5 cm
depth 8.1 cm

What

• Juno appoints Argus to watch the cow (Io metamorphosed)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Mar-1901

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• AC-00005702object | reproductionobject | reproductieSK2972 18X24RM0001.COLLECT.1500005701

• Nicolaes Berchem: in het licht van Italië, Pieter Biesboer, p. 32 (noot 75), 82, 144, cat.nr. 43
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Pieter J.J. van Thiel, p. 110