Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus
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| Artist | Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun |
| Year | 1781 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 147.3 cm × 113.5 cm (58.0 in × 44.7 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus is a 1781 history painting by the French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun.[1] It depicts a scene from Greek and Roman Mythology. Taken from a passage in Homer's Iliad it shows the Goddess Juno borrowing the Girdle of Aphrodite from Venus in her efforts to seduce Jupiter.[2]
It was exhibited at the Salon of 1783 at the Louvre in Paris. The painting was commissioned by the Count of Artois, the future Charles X of France, for the large sum of 15,000 livres and was in his collection until being confiscated after the French Revolution.[3][4]
