THE PROPERTY OF AN ESTATE
GENOESE SCHOOL, 17th Century

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GENOESE SCHOOL, 17th Century

Juno handing over Io to the care of Argus

oil on canvas
57¼ x 79½in. (145.4 x 201.9cm.)

Lot Essay

We are grateful to the Warburg Institute, University of London for identifying the subject which is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I, although the two women accompanying Juno are not mentioned in the text.

An attribution to Tommaso Clerici (1637-1657) has been suggested