Juno, copy from a suite of ornament designs with grotesques and deities
Engraving, reversed copy after a series of six oval plates with ornament designs with grotesque motifs and divinities, designed by Étienne Delaune before 1559. This print represents Juno, standing on a canopy above which hangs an oil lamp flanked by scrolls of smoke, in the center of the oval, with her head turned to the right. She holds a cane with her left hand, around which scrolls a snake. Behind her, on the left, is a peacock, one of the most common attributes of June. On either side is a winged grotesque figure, with monkey head, holding a rosary and, under them, are two more peacocks. The serpent scrolling around an arrow is an attribute of Prudency, making its inclusion in this representation of Juno quite unusual; it is likely that this print aims to associate the goddess with Catherine de Medici,who was often linked to Prudency at the time.
Artwork Details
- Title: Juno, copy from a suite of ornament designs with grotesques and deities
- Artist: After Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg)
- Date: before 1559
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed, oval shape): 2 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (7 × 5.5 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
- Object Number: 62.635.61
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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