Jupiter and Antiope
by GHERARDINI, Alessandro, Oil on canvas, 150 x 193
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’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.