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Object Type
Museum number: 2006,U.586
Description: Juno in her car pulled by two peacocks, directing Aeolus at left to destroy the Trojan fleet, holding a sceptre and his left hand on his chest, a rainbow in the background; after Raimondi. 1546 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Cornelis Bos; After: Marcantonio
School/style
Production date: 1546
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 80 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 113 millimetres
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Curator's comments: This impression is a copy in reverse (detail) after a larger engraving by Marcantonio, usually called 'Quos Ego' (after Virgil), which was used as frontispiece to an edition of the Aeneis.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (undescribed); Schéle 1965 / Cornelis Bos: A study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque (53); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XIV.264.352) (copy in reverse of detail)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Hera/Juno; Representation of: Aeolus
Acquisition date: 1753-2006
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2006,U.586

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