DOSSI, Dosso
(b. ca. 1490, Ferrara, d. 1542, Ferrara)

Jupiter, Mercury and the Virtue

1515-18
Oil on canvas, 111,3 x 150 cm
Wawel Royal Castle, Cracow

Dossi executed this painting to Alfonso d'Este in Ferrara. The picture represents Jupiter painting butterflies while Mercury refuses the Virtue asking for an audience.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 38 minutes):
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in C Major (Jupiter-Symphony) K 551