Juno and the Peacock
Artist
Alessandro Vittoria
(Italian, 1525 - 1608)
Date16th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 17 × 4 × 4 inches (43.18 × 10.16 × 10.16 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number62-8
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 111
Collections
Exhibition HistoryN/A
The elegant, twisted pose of this figure reflects the influence of central Italian Mannerism and the work of Giambologna. Juno was the wife of Jupiter, king of the gods, and the peacock was a bird sacred to her.
With Paul
Drey Gallery, New York, by June 1961-1962; Purchased
from Paul Drey Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO,
1962.
Ralph T. Coe, “Small European Sculptures,” Apollo 96, no. 130 (December 1972): 50, (repro.).
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