Jupiter and Io (recto); sketch of a male figure stabbing himself in the chest (verso), Attributed to Francesco Salviati

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Jupiter and Io (recto); sketch of a male figure stabbing himself in the chest (verso), mid-16th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk; squared in red chalk (recto); pen and gray ink (verso), 9 5/16 x 7 1/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Attributed to Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) (Italian, Florence 1510–1563 Rome), Portraying a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, this sheet depicts Jupiter and the beautiful young Io. After enveloping Io in a dark cloud, Jupiter seduced her and, to conceal her identity from his wife Juno, transformed Io into a heifer (portrayed at lower left

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