Jupiter Appearing to Semele

1501–47

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with yellow gouache, on brown-washed paper
Dimensions: 15 x 18-1/16 in. (38.1 x 45.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1983.56
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Perino del Vaga. Jupiter Appearing to Semele. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Jupiter Appearing to Semele — Perino del Vaga. 1501–47.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with yellow gouache, on brown-washed paper. Dimensions: 15 x 18-1/16 in. (38.1 x 45.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1983.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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