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Juno

Artist Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564-1651)

Dateabout 1610

DimensionsOverall: 5 13/16 x 4 5/8 in. (14.7 x 11.7 cm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineWilliam J. Hitchcock Fund in Memory of Grace J. Hitchcock

Object number

1989.7

Not on View

Label TextJuno was a goddess especially revered in the city of Rome before the Christian era. As wife of the chief Roman god, Jupiter, she is shown in this print carrying a scepter, a sign of her authority. Her constant companion, a peacock, brushes against the back of her leg while, in the far background, a second depiction of Juno is carried along in the clouds by a peacock-driven chariot. The chariot in the clouds refers to Juno’s association with the element of air. Abraham Bloemaert is responsible for the design of over 600 prints, though his designs were generally executed by other artists. According to Ger Luijten, former curator of prints at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, this print is one of the few, perhaps only, to have been executed by Bloemaert himself. There is a strong similarity in the zigzag line work seen in this print and the known drawings of the artist.Published Referencescf. Ackley, Clifford S. Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt, Boston, 1981, p.34, cat. no. 18. cf. Hill-Stone Catalogue Number 11, New York, 1988, no. 42 (This is a different impression from TMA accession). Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Volume II, Amsterdam, 1956, p.61, no. 4.Exhibition HistoryTMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011.