Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)
French Symbolist

• Literary source for Jupiter and Semele:  Ovid, The Metamorphoses

Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95. Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95. Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95 Moreau Museum, Paris
Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95. Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95 Moreau Museum, Paris
Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95. Detail: Death, the Great Pan and figure of "Sadness." Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95.  Detail: The Great Pan. Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95. Detail: The Great Pan and  figure of "Sadness." Moreau Museum, Paris
Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95 Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95 Moreau Museum, Paris
Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95. Detail: Hecate. Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95 Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95 Moreau Museum, Paris
Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95 Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and Semele, 1894-95. Detail: Jupiter's foot  resting on snake biting its own tail. Moreau Museum, Paris	Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95 Moreau Museum, Paris
Jupiter and  Semele, 1894-95. Detail: 3-headed figure. Moreau Museum, Paris