# Jupiter and Antiope

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GHERARDINI, Alessandro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gherardini-alessandro-r6778bbcf5eb4be>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 150 x 193

## Commentary

The composition of this painting is clearly related to a work by Luca Giordano depicting the Sleeping Venus with Cupid and a Satyr in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. Given the great popularity of Giordano&#39;s work in Florence, it is conceivable that Gherardini knew the composition of Venus with Cupid and a Satyr through other versions or drawings, and presented it in his own idiom.

## Related artworks

- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gherardini-alessandro-r6778bbcf5eb4be/ceiling-decoration-rd6d4a587d748d9>)

## Attribution

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