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Title
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Jupiter cubre la Tierra de nubes para gozar de Io
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Description
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This image depicts the capture and rape of Io, the daughter of the river god Inachus. Io was walking through the woods when Jupiter saw her and was taken by her beauty. He covered the earth in a thick, foggy clouds so that Io’s vision would be veiled so that she would not see him coming. When Jupiter catches up to Io, he rapes her. The thick clouds are depicted sweeping across the image as Io’s naked body is almost in the center of the engraving. Jupiter is illustrated holding onto Io as he kisses her. There is a cherub and an eagle on the right side of the image. Eagles are often depicted in iconography connected to Jupiter as Jupiter is known to transform into an eagle.
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Image Creator
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D. José Assensio (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:24931
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Source Name
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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]
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Image
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Subject
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Io
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Rape
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Mythology
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Gods
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Jupiter
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