The Judgment of Paris, late 16th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 121.3 x 165.4 cm (47 3/4 x 65 1/8 in.)

framed: 158.4 x 202.3 x 8.6 cm (62 3/8 x 79 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1961.9.80

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Sons (painter) Flemish, 1553 - 1611 or 1614

Image Use

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Provenance

(Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence); sold 1955 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1961 to NGA.

[1] According to F.R. Shapley, Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian School, XVI-XVIII Century, Washington, 1973: 14. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2209.

Associated Names

Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, Count
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Exhibition History

1995: Fiamminghi a Roma, 1508-1608: Artisti dei Paesi Bassi e del Principato di Liegi a Roma durante il Rinascimento, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1995, no. 247, repro.

Bibliography

1956: Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 136, repro., as by Nicolò dell' Abate and Denys Calvaert.

1956: Walker, John. "The Nation's Newest Old Masters." The National Geographic Magazine 110, no. 5 (November 1956): 645, color repro. 650-651,

1959: Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 216, repro., as by Nicolò dell'Abate and Denys Calvaert.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 97, as by Nicolè dell'Abate and Denys Calvaert.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 85, repro., as by Nicolè dell'Abate and Denys Calvaert.

1973: Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XVI-XVIII Century. London, 1973: 29-30, fig. 340.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 28, repro., as by Bertoia.

1979: Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 1:68-71; 2:pl. 45, 45A, 45B, as by Bertoia.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 379, repro.