Alcove with Jupiter Appearing to Semele in all his Glory

An etching of an interior with a canopied bed beneath a coffered ceiling, flanked by a standing statue on a pedestal. In the clouds at left, a winged, bearded figure with a thunderbolt descends toward the bed, where a reclining woman is attended by cherubs. French inscription runs along the lower margin.

Artist

Jean Le Pautre

Date

1658–1703

Medium

Etching on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3999 × 3030 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum