©Pablo Picasso - Faun unveiling a sleeping girl. Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt 1936

Picasso Faun unveiling a sleeping girl. Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt 1936
Faun unveiling a sleeping girl. Jupiter and Antiope, after Rembrandt
1936 31x41cm aquatint, paper
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

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Antiope and Jupiter
Antiope and Jupiter 1659 14x21cm
Rembrandt van Rijn

For his etching Jupiter and Antiope Rembrandt took his inspiration from an etching by the Italian artist Annibale Carracci.
The god Jupiter, in the shape of a satyr, spies on the sleeping princess Antiope. Cupid looks on, holding the bow with which he can fire the arrows of love. There is a landscape in the background.
Rembrandt's version is the reverse of Carracci's print. Rembrandt has borrowed a great deal, including the position and pose of the figures and the fall of light and shadow. But he has also omitted things: Cupid has gone, as has the curtain at the front and the whole landscape.