The Judgment of Paris

16th century

Italian 16th Century

Associated Names
Italian 16th Century

Artist

The sculpture is a relief scene of several figures. One seated figure is on the left, while three standing figures, two of them potentially female, are on the right. Small winged figures are above them. The sculpture is made of metal, likely bronze or a similar alloy, in a brownish-golden color. It features raised edges with an inscription around the scene. The figures are intricately detailed in high relief against a flat background. There is a hole at the top of the medallion, potentially for hanging or attachment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter overall): 5.03 cm (2 in.)
    overall (diameter of compositional field, to innermost raised rim): 4.17 cm (1 5/8 in.)
    gross weight: 25.66 gr (0.057 lb.)

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.540

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 406.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 117.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:270, under Variante E, M.59, 271 fig. f, as after the Master IO.F.F.

Inscriptions

on scroll across top: IVDICIO.PARIDIS.ICLITA [for INCLITA, but with no mark of ellipsis].TROIA.IASET [for IACET]. (The Judgment of Paris brings on the fall of Troy)

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory number 368 in red paint (Dreyfus collection).

Wikidata ID

Q63814891

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