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| Keywords: Bartolomeo di Giovanni - The Myth of Io - Walters 37421.jpg The ancient Roman poet Ovid in his The Metamorphoses told the story of the nymph Io who was seduced by Jupiter the king of the gods When his wife Juno became jealous Jupiter transformed Io into a heifer to protect her This panel relates the second half of the story In the upper left Jupiter emerges from clouds to order Mercury to rescue Io In the lower left Mercury guides his herd to the spot where Io is guarded by the hundred-eyed Argus In the upper center Mercury disguised as a shepherd lulls Argus to sleep and beheads him Juno then takes Argus's eyes to ornament the tail feathers of her peacock and sends the Furies to pursue Io who flees to the Nile River At last Jupiter prevails on his wife to cease tormenting the nymph who upon resuming her natural form escapes to the forest and ultimately becomes the Egyptian goddess Isis The panel was originally paired with another that depicted the first part of the story The two were probably once installed in a house in Florence For more information on this panel please see Zeri catalogue number 64 pp 100-101 ca 1490 early Renaissance tempera and oil on wood panel Painted surface cm 65 171 5 3 2 accession number 37 421 18298 Braedalbane Taymouth Castle Scotland date and mode of acquisition unknown Mrs Baillie-Hamilton Langton Berwickshire Scotland by 1903 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Bernard Berenson as agent Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Bartolomeo di Giovanni Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Io mythology 1490s paintings from Italy 1490s paintings in the United States | ||||
