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Jupiter and Juno

1597

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The story

In Iliad book 14 Hera (Juno) borrows Aphrodite's girdle to seduce Zeus (Jupiter) on Mount Ida, so he will sleep and look away from the war.

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Object details

Title: Jupiter and Juno
Artist: Annibale Carracci
Date: 1597
Culture: Italian
Medium: Fresco
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Farnese Gallery, Palazzo Farnese, Rome
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0892
Original image: 1563 × 1923 px
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License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Annibale Carracci. Jupiter and Juno. 1597. Farnese Gallery, Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0892/

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