Juno
Doccia Manufactory
(Italy)
Giuseppe Piamontini
(Italian (Florence), 1663–1744)
about 1745–55
Object PlaceFlorence, Italy
Medium/TechniqueGlazed hard-paste porcelain
DimensionsHeight: 38 1/2 in. (97.79 cm)
Credit LinePartial gift in memory of I. W. Colburn by Frances H. Colburn, Clarissa Colburn Hunnewell, and Oliver C. Colburn, and museum purchase with funds from the John Lowell Gardner Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Russell B. and Andrée Beauchamp Stearns Fund, Otis Norcross Fund, and Tamara Petrosian Davis Fund
Accession number2008.1414
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
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This sculpture of the ancient Roman goddess Juno is one of only eleven large-scale Doccia figures known today. Juno's rarity is matched by her beauty, the virtuosic modeling of her animated drapery, and the sheer technical feat of firing and assembling the pieces. The model can be identified with an entry in the factory archives listing the molds for sculptures by Piamontini; Juno would have been paired with a figure of Jupiter, her husband.
Provenance1980, Thomas O. Dunlap, Jr., Lake Wales, Florida; 1980, sold by Dunlap to Douglas R. Fuller, Lake Wales [see note 1]; 1980s, given by Fuller to I.W. Colburn, Lake Wales and Manchester, MA; 1992, by inheritance to Mrs. I.W. (Frances) Colburn, Manchester; 2008, partial gift of Mrs. Colburn to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 17, 2008)
NOTES:
[1] Mr. Fuller acquired the sculpture -- along with the Italianate home in which it was kept -- in the Mountain Lake community of Lake Wales. It is not known how long the sculpture had been in the house. The previous owner, Thomas O. Dunlap, resided there between 1971 and 1980.
NOTES:
[1] Mr. Fuller acquired the sculpture -- along with the Italianate home in which it was kept -- in the Mountain Lake community of Lake Wales. It is not known how long the sculpture had been in the house. The previous owner, Thomas O. Dunlap, resided there between 1971 and 1980.
