{"product_id":"goddess-juno-engraving-with-peacock-and-child-1767-domenic-cunego","title":"Goddess Juno Engraving with Peacock and Child (1767) - Domenic Cunego","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e18th C English School Prints - Domenic Cunego - Juno\u003cbr\u003eGoddess Juno with Peacock and Child\u003cbr\u003e18th C (1767)\u003cbr\u003e16.5\" x 11.75\"\u003cbr\u003eCopperplate engraving\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuno (Roman goddess, Greek: Hera)\u003cbr\u003eSeated on a rocky outcrop, partly draped.\u003cbr\u003eA peacock, Juno’s sacred animal, is clearly visible beside her.\u003cbr\u003eThe child may represent Hebe (her daughter, goddess of youth), or may simply be an allegorical putto symbolizing divinity or majesty.\u003cbr\u003eThe branch could symbolize power, peace, or sovereignty.\u003cbr\u003eThese attributes—especially the peacock—are unmistakable identifiers of Juno, queen of the gods and goddess of marriage and statehood in Roman mythology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGirt with the Zone of Venus prepares to deceive Jupiter - referencing the myth in which she borrows Venus’s enchanted girdle to win Jupiter’s affection—thus the “Zone of Venus.”\u003cbr\u003ePainter: Ga. Hamilton pinxit – Refers to Gavin Hamilton (1723–1798), a Scottish neoclassical painter and archaeologist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngraver: Dom. Cunego sculp. Romae 1767 – Refers to Domenico Cunego (1727–1803), a prominent Italian engraver based in Rome and later in Verona. He was especially well known for reproducing famous paintings, frescoes, and classical sculptures in fine engraving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Original painting in the possession of the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Upper Ossory. The mention of the Earl of Upper Ossory suggests the engraving was part of a nobleman’s commissioned or collected works, quite possibly part of the Grand Tour collecting trend of the 18th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48073626124543,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/8780\/4927\/files\/d3859aff-c513-4108-ae71-4c753663fe0d.png?v=1768849506","url":"https:\/\/forthelouvreofantiques.com\/fr\/products\/goddess-juno-engraving-with-peacock-and-child-1767-domenic-cunego","provider":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}