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Juno and Argus
Juno and Argus is a 1610 painting by Peter Paul Rubens, showing Juno and Argus. It is now in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum (inventory number WRM 1040) in Cologne.
Bibliography.
- Nico Van Hout,"Reconsidering Rubens's Flesh Colour", in: Boletin del Museo del Prado 19, 2001, S. 10
- Götz Pochat und Brigitte Wagber," Kunst/Geschichte zwischen historischer Reflexion und ästhetischer Distanz"', Graz, 2000, S. 48, Abb. 5, S. 49
its downtown area.
History.
Though the town is known to date to ancient times, during the Renaissance fanciful etymologies were invented to account for the place name "Montargis", whether as "mons argi", Mount of Argus, the place where the jealous goddess Juno charged Argus Panoptes with guarding her rival Io, or connected with the chieftain Moritas mentioned by Julius Caesar, in his Gallic Wars. Numerous Gallo-Roman artifacts have been found in the area, and many are in the town's Gâtinais Museum