Juno asks Aeolus to raise a storm against the Trojan fleet, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"
1531–76
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 5 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (13.5 x 10.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.279
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite engraving by Giulio Bonasone, an Italian artist active from 1531 to 1576, captures a dramatic moment from classical mythology: Juno, the queen of the gods, imploring Aeolus, god of the winds, to a storm against the Trojan fleet. Titled *Juno asks Aeolus raise a storm against the fleet, set within an elaborate frame*, it forms part of Bonasone's series *Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno*, which explores the goddess's turbulent emotions drawn from Virgil's *Aeneid*. Created during the Renaissance, when renewed interest in antiquity fueled artistic innovation, the print reflects ...
About the Artist
Giulio Bonasone · 1500–1600
Comment on works: History; Mythology