Jupiter da a luz a Baco Ino le cria en secreto y lo confia a las Ninfas de Nisa · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Jupiter da a luz a Baco Ino le cria en secreto y lo confia a las Ninfas de Nisa
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Thebes; Ancient Greece
Description: After giving birth to his son, Bacchus, Jupiter entrusted him to Ino, the sister of Bacchus’ mother. Bacchus’ mother was destroyed by Jupiter after she had requested that he show her his full godly power. Jupiter is illustrated in the top left corner of the image floating on a bed of clouds as he looks down on Bacchus. There is an eagle beside Jupiter as Jupiter often transforms into eagles. The messenger god Mercury, depicted with wings on his ankles and back, is illustrated giving the baby to Ino and other nymphs who will raise him as their own.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24947
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1805)
Image: mta_24947_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Jupiter; Bacchus; Ino; Semele; Gods; Goddesses; Mythology