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| Keywords: Adam Elsheimer - Il Contento.jpg Artwork Creator Adam Elsheimer 'Il Contento' illustrates an episode in the Spanish picaresque novel šGuzman de Alfarache ˜ published by Mateo Aleman in Madrid in 1599 and issued in an Italian version in 1606 <br/>In the story the people on Earth worshipped the god Contento god of contentment and happiness more than any other Jealous of this Jupiter sent Mercury to abduct Contento and replace him with his twin brother Discontento Elsheimer was the first artist ever to depict this story but he deviated from the novel by turning Contento into a female goddess On the left Jupiter hovers in mid-air while directing Mercury who is seen wearing his distinctive winged hat and pulling Contento above the devoted crowd In the background people enjoy a variety of sports and games unaware of their imminent `discontentment <ref>http //www nationalgalleries org/collection/artists-a-z/E/3231/artist_name/Adam 20Elsheimer/record_id/3334 National Gallery of Scotland</ref> reflist 1607 Oil on copper size cm 30 42 Institution National Gallery of Scotland 0 VIII http //www nationalgalleries org/collection/artists-a-z/E/3231/artist_name/Adam 20Elsheimer/record_id/3334 National Gallery of Scotland Edinburgh http //www nationalgalleries org/media/42/collection/NG 202312 jpg Image object history credit line Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Gallery of Scotland 1970 accession number NG 2312 1 http //www bbc co uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/il-contento-210027 BBC Your Paintings<br/>2 Scan from http //d-nb info/97918441X Rüdiger Klessmann; Im Detail die Welt entdecken “ Adam Elsheimer 1578 “1610; Ed Minerva Wolfratshausen 2006; ISBN 3-938832-06-1 PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Elsheimer Adam; Contento National Gallery of Scotland Paintings by Adam Elsheimer Paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland 1607 paintings in the United Kingdom Images from BBC Your Paintings 1600s mythological paintings 1600s paintings from Germany People with goats in art Oil on copper 17th-century oil paintings in the United Kingdom Guzmán de Alfarache | ||||
