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Three Goddesses

Juno

c. 1595
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(Dutch, 1565–1607)
(Dutch, 1558–1617)
Netherlands, 16th century
engraving
John L. Severance Fund 1993.205.3
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein XXIII.48.62
State: I/II
Location: not on view
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Goltzius popularized a style of engraving with mesmerizing patterns of curving, tapering, and crisscrossing lines; it was especially appreciated in the late 1500s. Designed for his pupil Saenredam to engrave, these prints depict the three goddesses from the tale of The Judgment of Paris, in which each claimed the golden apple awarded to the most beautiful. Jupiter deferred judgment to Paris, a mortal esteemed for his fair-mindedness. Juno and Athena tried to bribe Paris with an empire and skill in war, but Venus made him an offer he could not resist: Helen, the world’s most beautiful woman. The peacock identifies Juno, queen of the gods and the jealous wife (and sister) of Jupiter. Clad in armor, Pallas Athena is the goddess of wisdom, the arts, and warfare; an owl is her sage companion. The presentation of the deities in separate prints suggests that viewers may also play Paris’s role and decide themselves which goddess the artists made most beautiful.

Juno

c. 1595

Jan Saenredam, Hendrick Goltzius

(Dutch, 1565–1607), (Dutch, 1558–1617)
Netherlands, 16th century

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