Juno Beseeching Aeolus to Release the Winds Against the Trojan Fleet

Artist Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713)

CultureItalian

Datec. 1654-56

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionscanvas: 24 3/8 × 30 in. (61.9 × 76.2 cm)
frame: 34 3/8 × 39 3/4 × 2 11/16 in. (87.3 × 101 × 6.8 cm)

Classificationspaintings

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Joseph Palmer Knapp, by exchange Conservation treatment for this painting, completed in 2010, was made possible by the generous support of Carolyn Wood.

Object number2009.10

DescriptionA moderately- sized, vigorously-executed oil painting. It may be a modello for a larger composition.
Maratti's painting represents the opening scene in Virgil's Aeneid (1, 50-86): Juno implores Aeolus, the King of the Winds, to raise the winds against Aeneas and the Trojan fleet. Maratti follows the text closely. He shows Aeolus as a king holding a scepter and standing on a promontory. Juno arrives in flight and points to the Trojan fleet in the distance. The four winds (personified), pent up, are just bursting forth at Aeolus' command.

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