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Jupiter and Antiope (David)

painting by Jacques-Louis David

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ18649388 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jupiter and Antiope is a painting of unknown date, showing Jupiter and Antiope. On the reverse is a sketch of a young woman. It is possibly attributed to the French painter Jacques-Louis David, though the attribution is difficult since David disowned most of the works he produced as a young man.

David gave this painting to his cousin Marie-Françoise Baudry and her husband. Her grandson Adolphe Guillon left it to the musée de Sens on his death in 1896 where it is now held. It was published in 1911 by Charles Saunier.

See also

List of paintings by Jacques-Louis David

Bibliography

Jupiter et Antiope, in David, catalogue d’exposition du musée du Louvre, Paris, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1989.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jupiter and Antiope (David)” as painting by Jacques-Louis David. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1896, 1911, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1771. The account is most persuasive where Jupiter, Antiope and David can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as painting by Jacques-Louis David. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18649388. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1896, 1911 and 1989.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Jupiter and Antiope (David)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Jupiter and Antiope (David) primary sources, Jupiter and Antiope (David) archive and Jupiter research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Jupiter and Antiope (David)”?
  2. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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This entry incorporates text from “Jupiter and Antiope (David)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.