Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus
| Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun |
| Year | 1781 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 147.3 cm × 113.5 cm (58.0 in × 44.7 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus is a 1781 history painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.[1] It depicts a scene from Greek and Roman Mythology. Taken from a passage in Homer's Iliad it shows the Goddess Juno borrowing the Girdle of Aphrodite from Venus in her efforts to seduce Jupiter.[2]
It was exhibited at the Salon of 1783 at the Louvre in Paris. The painting was commissioned by the Count of Artois, the future Charles X of France, for the large sum of 15,000 livres and was in his collection until being confiscated after the French Revolution.[3][4]
References
- ^ Walker p.120
- ^ Sheriff p.138
- ^ "(#3) ELISABETH LOUISE VIGÉE-LE BRUN | Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus". Sothebys.com. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
- ^ Bailey p.197
Bibliography
- Bailey, Colin C. Patriotic Taste: Collecting Modern Art in Pre-revolutionary Paris. Yale University Press, 2002.
- Sheriff, Mary D. The Exceptional Woman: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art. University of Chicago Press, 1997.
- Walker, Leslie H. A Mother's Love: Crafting Feminine Virtue in Enlightenment France. Associated University Presse, 2008.