Juno and Flora

Rendered in the Rococo’s characteristic lightness, the painting employs a delicate chiaroscuro to model the figures against a dark brown ground. The surrounding decorative border, painted in muted gold and brown, is filled with stylised leaves and blossoms that echo the central motifs and frame the scene within a harmonious ornamental scheme.

Created toward the end of Unterberger’s career, *Juno and Flora* entered the Städel Museum’s collection, where it remains on display. The work reflects the artist’s activity in the late eighteenth‑century Holy Roman Empire, a period when courtly patronage still favored mythological subjects rendered in a graceful, decorative manner.

The painting aligns with contemporary European trends that favored mythological pairings and the tondo format, popular among aristocratic patrons. Its use of chiaroscuro and ornamental borders parallels the output of other Rococo painters who blended classical iconography with a decorative aesthetic.