The Dispute between Jupiter and Juno

The Roman gods Jupiter and Juno sit upon clouds, gesturing toward one another as they engage in a famous mythological dispute. Behind Jupiter, an eagle clutches thunderbolts, while a peacock stands beside Juno. In the background, servants prepare a table for a feast, and putti in the sky scatter flowers or grain over the scene.

Illustrating a scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses, this print captures the moment preceding the judgment of Tiresias. In the Neoplatonic and Hermetic traditions, Ovidian myths were frequently interpreted as allegories for the soul's descent, the nature of sexual polarity, and the acquisition of prophetic vision through spiritual rather than physical sight.