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Juno (Main View, front, post-conservation)
Joseph Nollekens
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Matronly Juno, goddess of marriage in Roman mythology, bares one breast and undoes her dress for Paris's judgment of who among the three goddesses, Venus, Minerva, and Juno, was the most beautiful. This ample figure, crowned and heavily draped, stood with three other marble statues representing Venus, Minerva, and Paris.
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Details
- Title: Juno (Main View, front, post-conservation)
- Creator: Joseph Nollekens
- Date Created: 1776
- Location Created: England
- Physical Dimensions: 139.1 cm (54 3/4 in.)
- Type: Sculpture
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Marble
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 87.SA.108
- Culture: English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Joseph Nollekens (English, 1737 - 1823)
- Classification: Sculpture (Visual Works)
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