Junon, déesse des richesses, du mariage et de l’enfantement, honorée · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Junon, déesse des richesses, du mariage et de l’enfantement, honorée
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Rome
Description: Queen Juno, goddes of wealth, marriage, and childbirth, is represented at the top of the image, wearing a pink dress. She was originally considered to be the queen of heaven, which is represented in this image as she floats above the mortals. The people surrounding her are Romans performing ceremonial rituals in her honor.
Image Creator: Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
Type: StillImage; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19797
Language: fre
Source Name: Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
Parent Collection: 1403 Paris; 1403 Paris
Image: mta_19797_OBJ.png
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Childbirth; Heaven; Protector; Wealth; Marriage