# Juno [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BANDINI, Giovanni]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Bronze ## Commentary During the 1570s Bandini worked for Francesco I and his circle. The most important work of this period is his first commission in bronze, the statuette of Juno, created for the studiolo of Francesco I in the Palazzo Vecchio. The figure, wearing the crescent moon of chastity and accompanied by her traditional peacock \(a separate piece apparently not sculpted by Bandini\), is orientated frontally, as it was designed for a niche. Her stance and gestures suggest that Bandini was emulating <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/david/david.html'\)" href="/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/david/david.html">Michelangelo's David.</a> Bandini transformed Michelangelo's Republican hero into a Medicean heroine, a tribute to Francesco I's mother, Eleonora de' Medici, who was commonly compared to the chaste Juno. ## Related artworks - [Bacchus with Barrel]() - [Bust of Brunelleschi]() - [Bust of Christ]() - [Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici]() - [Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici]() - [Bust of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany]() - [Bust of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany]() - [Bust of Francesco I de' Medici]() - [Bust of Francesco I de' Medici]() - [Bust of Mary Magdalen]() - [Choir-screen \(detail\)]() - [Choir-screen \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()