Juno
c. 1610
Medium
Etching, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.2 × 11.3 cm (5 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.); Plate: 14.3 × 11.4 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 14.6 × 11.8 cm (5 3/4 × 4 11/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
111864
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Among the most famous Dutch mannerist artists of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Bloemaert relied on prints, primarily by other artists, to popularize his designs. This is the only print that he appears to have made himself, and it reflects the fluid line characteristic of his drawings. It was intended to be part of a series that was never completed.
About the Artist
Abraham Bloemaert · 1566–1651
Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651) was born in Gorinchem in the Dutch Republic, the son of architect Cornelis Bloemaert, and grew up in Utrecht after the family relocated there in 1575. His early artistic formation took him to Paris for three years in the early 1580s, where he studied with several masters before returning to the Northern Netherlands to pursue his career. He settled permanently in Utrec...