Three Goddesses: Juno

Juno, the queen of the gods, appears in a dramatic twisting pose with an elongated neck and a crown of sharp points. She holds a tall, ornate scepter in her right hand, while her sacred bird, the peacock, is visible behind her shoulder. Her heavy garments billow around her against a sky filled with rhythmic, linear cloud patterns.

In the Neoplatonic and alchemical traditions of the Renaissance, Juno represents the element of Air and the principle of celestial sovereignty. This print belongs to a series of the three goddesses by the Haarlem Mannerists, who used mythological figures to explore complex allegorical meanings and the refined artifice of the human form.