Juno
Artist
Abraham Bloemaert
(Dutch, 1564–1651)
Artistafter
B. Bolsuerd
Daten.d.
Mediumetching on cream wove paper
Dimensions14.2 x 11.2 cm (plate), 14.7 x 11.7 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineSarah C. Garver Fund
Object number1975.109
Label TextThe influential Bloemaert painted in a Mannerist style in the last decades of the sixteenth century. He grew up in Utrecht where his teacher, Joos de Beer, exposed him to Italian Renaissance images and ideas. As a teenager he lived in Paris, working briefly with the Mannerist artists at Fontainebleau Palace. Bloemaert set up his own workshop at Utrecht in the early 1580s. He was not a printmaker himself, but his sons etched his designs, and helped prepare this sketchy experimental plate. It represents Juno, queen of the pagan gods, identifiable by her scepter and peacock.On View
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