According to the mythographer Apollodorus,[5] Zeus disguised himself as Artemis or Apollo, in order to lure Callisto into his embrace.

[7] Callisto's subsequent pregnancy was discovered several months later while she was bathing with Diana and her fellow nymphs.

Juno, enraged that her attempt at revenge had been frustrated, appealed to Tethys that the two might never meet her waters, thus providing a poetic explanation for their circumpolar positions in ancient times.

[9] In Bril's work, the small, Italianate, clumsy[10] staffage figures are but a minor ornamentation to the landscape, the subject for which he became celebrated in Rome.

[9] In the 1620s, Bril produced a number of landscapes, such as Diana and Callisto, wherein "broad tranquil settings are inhabited by mythological figures.

[9] Diana is gesturing to a group of nymphs on the other side of the body of water who are forcibly undressing Callisto.

[9] Dead game, more quivers, a bow and a spear lay next to some blue and red clothing on the bottom left.