id:			154841
accession number:	1989.42
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.42
updated:		2023-01-19 15:22:32.774000

The Trojan War: The Judgment of Paris, c. 1545. Jean Mignon (French), after Luca Penni (Italian, 1500/04–1557). Etching; sheet: 30.7 x 41.7 cm (12 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1989.42

title:				The Judgment of Paris
title in original language:	
series:				The Trojan War
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1545
creation date earliest:		1540
creation date latest:		1550
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	France, 16th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Bartsch 64 (XVI.400)

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CREATORS

* Jean Mignon (French)  - artist

* Luca Penni (Italian, 1500/04–1557)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 30.7 x 41.7 cm (12 1/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower right, in pen and brown ink: Lucas Penni ; VERSO, upper right, in pen and brown ink: .0 ;  upper center, in pen and brown ink: Primatice[?]oubli ; lower center, in pen and brown ink: Luc Penni ; lower right, in pen and brown ink: ai
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1989
	opening date:   1990-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1989</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).

	title:		Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
	opening date:   1997-08-03T00:00:00
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97.  "Mannerism:  Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Hill-Stone, Inc.)
	date: 
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fun fact:


digital description:
Printmaking at Fontainebleau flourished briefly during the 1540s and seems to have stopped altogether by 1547. Jean Mignon was one of the four major etchers whose works are most closely associated with the workshop there. Almost all of Mignon's prints reproduce drawings by Luca Penni (1500/4-1557), an Italian painter active at the chateau. Penni's <em>Judgment of Paris</em> derives from Marcantonio's famous engraving after Raphael. Here, jean Mignon's etching shows the shepherd Paris called upon to decide which of three goddesses (Juno, Minerva, or Venus) is the fairest. This mythological beauty contest leads to the Trojan War.

wall description:
Paris was a shepherd who was called upon to decide which of three goddesses (Juno, Minerva, or Venus) was the fairest. This mythological beauty contest led to the Trojan War.
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