Jupiter and Juno in the clouds

Art Historical Context

This etching, titled *Jupiter and Juno in the Clouds*, captures a moment from classical mythology in which the king and queen of the Roman gods appear amid billowing clouds. Created between1760 and 1800 by Johann Gottlieb Prestel after a design by the Renaissance painter Dosso Dossi, the print translates the original painting’s atmospheric effects into the linear language of etching. The modest sheet size—just over eight by thirteen inches—makes the intimate celestial scene accessible to collectors and viewers who might never have seen the larger canvas. Etching allowed artists of the late ei...