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"Venus Intercedes with Jupiter" (Book I, lines 223-304)

A drawing of three Olympian gods in the clouds floating above a wooded landscape; at the left, a standing goddess accompanied by a putto confronts a seated god; at the right, a second god descends to the earth.

Venus Intercedes with Jupiter (Book I, lines 223-304), ca. 1615
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over black chalk; 117 x 162 mm
Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus (inv. no. PK.OT.02729)