Judgement of Paris
Maker: Unknown
Double leaf of chickenskin, painted in bodycolour. Sticks and guards of ivory (20+2), shaped, painted, gilt, and overlaid with pierced mother-of-pearl, that on the guards backed with gold foil. Rivet set with clear pastes. Front: Painted overall with the Judgement of Paris after ? Pietro da Cortona ? derived from the engraving by marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael?. The left, top and bottom edges have black borders decorated with gilt scrolls. Reverse: Painted overall with a landscape featuring a group of Italian farm buildings. Gold and green lines on the edges. Sticks: In the centre, a cartouche painted with Perseus and Andromeda, flanked by irregular cartouches containing a gentleman and a lady respectively, reserved in a pierced mother-of-pearl ground. On the back, a central cartouche painted en camaieu in purple with a landscape, flanked by smaller cartouches painted en camaieu in blue with landscapes. Between the cartouches there are coloured trophies and flowers.Guards: Scrolls and flowers, the latter coloured.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
17th Century, second half#
Circa
1660
-
Circa
1700
Guards
composed of
foil
( gold)
Length 29.8 cm
Leaf
composed of
bodycolour
chicken skin
Sticks+guards
composed of
mother-of-pearl
ivory
Accession number: M.325-1985
Primary reference Number: 117910
Old catalogue number: DR 28/1
Old object number: 368
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Judgement of Paris" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117910 Accessed: 2024-12-26 04:00:56
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117910
|title=Judgement of Paris
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-26 04:00:56|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-117910
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...