# Jupiter, Mercury and the Virtue

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DOSSI, Dosso](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 111,3 x 150 cm

## Commentary

Dossi executed this painting to Alfonso d&#39;Este in Ferrara. The picture represents Jupiter painting butterflies while Mercury refuses the Virtue asking for an audience. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 38 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/mozart/mozart\_k\_551.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in C Major \(Jupiter-Symphony\) K 551&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan Coast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/aeneas-and-achates-on-the-libyan-coast-r4b2f6f2483ca81>)
- [Allegory of Music](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/allegory-of-music-rdcd1bb3db0adb4>)
- [Anger or the Tussle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/anger-or-the-tussle-ra4c02222952185>)
- [Apollo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/apollo-rbc26020f4ead17>)
- [Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/bacchus-rf1a1fb7ac28f8b>)
- [Circe and her Lovers in a Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/circe-and-her-lovers-in-a-landscape-r5fe30ee19cad65>)
- [Circe \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/circe-detail-r26662b6f170b2f>)
- [Circe \(or Melissa\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/circe-or-melissa-r3f2c769aed4f3d>)
- [Diana and Calisto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/diana-and-calisto-r6a35f31d6c1986>)
- [Francesco Maria della Rovere Leading His Troups](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/francesco-maria-della-rovere-leading-his-troups-r2c80cbd3dba1a3>)
- [Interior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/interior-view-rdbd6de98170024>)
- [Jupiter and Semele](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dossi-dosso-ra092596c9433d5/jupiter-and-semele-r3ff2216b9bbe9a>)

## Attribution

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