Juno puts the eyes of Argus in the tail of her peacock, Philip van Gunst, after Magdalena van de Passe, 1685 - 1732 print Juno stands next to the decapitated corpse of Argus. One of her nymphs has Argus' head in her lap. Juno takes his eyes out of the head and puts them one by one in the tail of her peacock. Three putti help her. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Argus' eyes changed into peacock's 'eyes' (ocelli): Juno sets Argus' eyes on her peacock, after Argus, while watching Io, has been slain by Mercury (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 723). cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

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