Judgment of Paris

second half 15th century

Master IO.F.F.

Artist, Bolognese, active 1468/1484

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gilded bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter overall): 7.12 cm (2 13/16 in.)
    overall (diameter of compositional field, to innermost raised rim): 5.25 cm (2 1/16 in.)
    gross weight: 122.16 gr (0.269 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.476


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frédéric Spitzer [1815–1890], Paris; (his estate sale, at his residence by Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April–16 June 1893, part 2, no. 1605); Gustave Dreyfus [1837–1914], Paris; his heirs; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 342.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 99.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:270, under Variante B, M.42, 271 fig. d.

Inscriptions

in exergue, in relief: .IO[HANNES].F[ONDULINI].F[ONDULI]. (Giovanni di Fondulino Fonduli)

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 457 in black paint (probably Spitzer collection—see Provenance) and 342 in yellow paint (now partially illegible: Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63815027


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