~*~ Saving the Goddess ~*~

Museum of Fine Arts

acquires a colossal Roman statue

The MFA-BOSTON recently acquired the largest classical sculpture in the United States: a colossal marble statue of the goddess Juno, 13 feet tall and weighing 13,000 pounds. First inventoried in Rome in the 17th century, it was acquired by a wealthy Bostonian in the late 19th century who shipped it home to a garden on a Brookline estate.

There Juno stayed until late 2011 when the MFA took possession of her.

The rediscovery and rescue of an ancient sculpture of this scale is momentous.          Juno will eventually reign over this future gallery.

      
At the Museum, Juno is undergoing conservation in view of the public.

 The goddess is located in the

George D. and Margo Behrakis Gallery #207.

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 Juno will eventually reign over this future gallery dedicated to:

Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes of Ancient Greece and Rome.