HERA
Hera (Ἥρα) · Roman Juno
Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Hera.
The Origin of the Milky Way
Tintoretto, c. 1575
An oil painting by the Venetian master Tintoretto, now in the National Gallery, London. It depicts the myth in which Jupiter holds the infant Heracles to the breast of the sleeping Juno (Hera) so that the child may gain immortality; the milk that sprays upward from the startled goddess forms the Milky Way. The composition's swirling diagonals and tumbling putti are characteristic of Tintoretto's late dynamic style.
The Campana Hera
Roman copy after a Greek original, 2nd century AD
A monumental marble statue of Hera, a Roman copy of the second century AD after a Greek original. The goddess stands veiled and crowned with a diadem, an image of regal, matronly dignity befitting the queen of Olympus. Named after the Campana collection from which it was acquired, the statue is now in the Louvre, Paris.