Current knowledge
© The National Gallery, London NG 624
Workshop of Giulio Romano
The Infancy of Jupiter
Current measurements:
106cm x 175cm
Date:
mid 1530s
As part of the Mantua sale, Charles acquired a number of works by the Gonzaga’s court painter Giulio Romano, Raphael’s most talented pupil. Many of these pictures depict scenes from antiquity. This work provides a pagan take on the nativity theme so apparent in this room. It formed a pair with no. 12, Giulio’s Birth of Hercules.
Van der Doort 1639
Giulio Romano
Cupid, lying on a wicker bank, 4 figures near and 8 naked nymphs in the distance sitting by the water, small full-length figures
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):