Jupiter and Juno seated on clouds, with an eagle holding thunderbolts below at left
Medium
Etching; second state of two (Hollstein)
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 7 in. × 5 11/16 in. (17.8 × 14.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.7687
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold this captivating etching, *Jupiter and Juno seated on, with an eagle holdingbolts below at left a collaborative masterpiece from 1631 Peter Paul Rubens alongside engravers Willem Panneels Frans van den Wynga. The scene bursts with classical mythology: the king and queen of the gods, Jupiter and Juno, recline majestically amid swirling clouds, while a fierce eagle clutches thunderbolts below—a symbol of Jupiter's power and dominion. At just 7 by 5 11/16 inches, this intimate print packs the grandeur of Rubens' Baroque vision into a portable format. Rubens, the Flemish Baroque titan, mas...