Landscape with Jupiter and Io

The subject of the picture was taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses: the jealous Juno catches Jupiter with Io. To save his lover Jupiter transforms her into a cow and entrust her to Argus.

The landscape is the main subject of the painting, the human figures are only staffages.

Earlier the painting was attributed to Andrea Schiavone.

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