Sculptures of Hera-Juno at the Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

Hera, Ephesus type, Vienna, Farnese Collection

Sculpture – Marble (No. 217) 2nd century

Hera, Ephesus-Vienna type, Farnese Collection, Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

Hera Ephesus Vienna Here, Hera is dressed in a chiton made of light fabric and a himation that covers her left shoulder and falls diagonally down to her hip.

In her left hand, she holds the end of the himation wrapped around her forearm.

She is depicted wearing a diadem resting on her beautiful wavy hair pulled back at the nape of her neck.

She holds a sceptre in her right hand.

She is both very feminine, her chiton hinting at her perfect bosom, and at the same time majestic and imposing.

The original of this Roman copy was the Hera of Alcamene, dating from the 4th century BC.

Hera Ephesus Vienna

Juno, Capitolium, Cuma, Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy

Juno, Cuma Sculpture - Marble - 1st century

This white marble figure is a fragment of an acrolithic statue of the goddess Juno who, together with Jupiter and Minerva, formed the sacred triad of the temple at Cumae.

These three revered divine figures were depicted in the form of three acrolithic sculptures.

Their heads and limbs were made of marble whilst the rest of their bodies were made of painted wood and covered with clothing.

Juno, Cuma

Juno, Capitolium, Pompeii

Sculpture – Marble (Height 39 cm) 1st century

This face of Juno in Greek marble was part of a sacred triad comprising the statues of Minerva, Jupiter and Juno which stood in the Capitoline Temple of Jupiter in Pompeii, modelled on the Capitoline triad in Rome.

These statues of the sacred triad were acrolithic sculptures in which only the head and limbs were made of marble, whilst the rest of the body was made of painted wood and covered with clothing.

Juno, Pompeii

Juno, Farnese Collection

Sculpture – Marble (Height 51 cm) 2nd century

Juno is depicted here as a crowned goddess. This statue is thought to be a copy of the so-called Ludovisi Head of Juno, itself a copy of a 4th-century type from the school of Phidias.

Juno, Farnese