On Juno and Her Semblance in Rubens' "Ixion"

• Autores: Aneta Georgievska-Shine
• Localización: Artibus et historiae: an art anthology, ISSN 0391-9064, Nº. 46, 2002, págs. 119-126
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The story of Ixion's desire for Juno is one of the more seldom represented myths in the Renaissance. When it does appear in painting, it thematizes his punishment by Jupiter. A notable departure from this tradition is a painting created by Rubens shortly after his return from Italy to Antwerp. Instead of addressing Ixion's suffering, it concentrates on his deception as he embraces a "false" Juno fashioned by Jupiter out of clouds. This essay proposes that Rubens' interpretation draws on a specific classical reading of the myth of Ixion, as well as on contemporary theoretical ideas about pictorial eloquence.