Cornelius Willaerts 1600-1666. Diana And Callisto

Cornelius Willaerts 1600-1666. Born in Utrecht. Diane Discovering Callisto's Pregnancy. Table is painted on oak panel, it is signed lower left and dated. C Willaerts 1643. Scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The chaste goddess Diana discovers Callisto's pregnancy. Diane points with an accusing finger at the culprit and orders her servants to undress her in order to control her pregnancy. The unfortunate woman struggles ashamed, trying to flee. Pursued in its course, it will be saved by Jupiter who will transform it into a constellation. Cornelis Willaerts painted female bodies with great finesse, his style is imbued with gentleness and is similar to the Mannerism movement which spread throughout Europe at that time.