A Young Man Frame:none Jupiter was brought up by

Jupiter was brought up by two nymphs and nurtured with goat's milk and honey

1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678-1757) and no portraits of her in her maturity are recorded

presumably on the grounds of a certain resemblance to Lievens's features as recorded in Van Dyck's 'Iconographie'

forget-me-nots and roses - and the marble ledge

the painting has always been the subject of speculation and conflicting interpretations

A Young Man Frame:none Jupiter was brought up byThe panel is a fragment made up with an addition at the bottom (at present concealed by the frame). Attributed in 1813 to Leonardo da Vinci and later to Boltraffio, the attribution to Piero di Cosimo seems now to be generally accepted, although Bacci expresses reservations. A date in the first years of the sixteenth century seems probable.