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# Jupiter, Mercury and Virtue
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/iupiter-merkurii-i-dobrodetel/
- Published: 2023-11-06T05:01:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:35:25.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art

A painting by the Italian artist Dosso Dossi, 1523-24.

While Jupiter paints butterflies, that is, creates all that exists, his son, the light and nimble Jupiter in a diadem and winged sandals, gestures to Virtue for silence.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_10264@06-11-2023_08-01-25.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_10265@06-11-2023_08-01-25.jpg)