Juno und die drey hellgöttin · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Juno und die drey hellgöttin
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece
Description: This engraving illustrates Juno on the right side of the image in The Underworld. Juno is depicted wearing a crown to symbolize her status as queen of the Olympian Gods. Juno went to The Underworld to seek help from the Furies. She wants the Furies to help her punish a mortal who had angered her. The Furies are illustrated as a trio on the left side of the image. The three-headed beast named Cerberus who guards The Underworld is depicted standing in between the Furies and Juno.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21624
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_21624_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Juno; Cerberus; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Juno; Goddesses; Gods; The Furies