Las Ninfas descubren a Diana la prenez de Calixto · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Las Ninfas descubren a Diana la prenez de Calixto
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Arcadia; Ancient Greece
Description: This image shows the nymph Callisto standing with her chest and stomach exposed to show that she is pregnant. Callisto had been raped by Jupiter who disguised himself as the goddess Diana and became pregnant as a result. There are two nymphs pulling Callisto’s clothes away from her to expose the stomach. The goddess Diana is sitting on the right side of the image and is illustrated pointing at Callisto as she hides her face in shame. Because Diana is a goddess of virginity, she shames Callisto for no longer being a virgin and casts her away.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24936
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_24936_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Diana; Callisto; Rape; Virginity; Mythology; Jupiter; Gods; Goddesses