De godin Juno. NL-HlmNHA 1477 53010773

Juno is rendered as a muscular, twisting figure, highlighting the Mannerist interest in complex bodily proportions and anatomical detail. She is accompanied by her sacred bird, the peacock, which sits to the left with its tail feathers forming a halo-like circle, while heavy drapery billows above her in a celestial setting.

In Renaissance natural philosophy, Juno was frequently allegorized as the element of Air or the upper atmosphere (Aether), representing the feminine principle in the cosmic hierarchy. This print belongs to a series of deities by Goltzius that integrated classical mythology with the era's understanding of the physical and metaphysical structure of the universe.