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The Judgement of Paris
Workshop: Grue family
Maiolica dish, painted in polychrome with the Judgement of Paris.
Dish. Earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides, more thickly than elsewhere round the remains of the foot. Painted in blue, several shades of green, yellow, and brown, with manganese outlines.
Circular with narrow rim and wide, shallow centre; the whole slightly warped. In the middle of the underside there is a circular depression containing the remains of a foot.
The Judgement of Paris. The three scantily draped goddesses are in the foreground, Juno and Venus standing and Minerva kneeling beside her armour. Further back on a hill, Paris, dressed as a shepherd, is seated with his bagpipes resting on his knee, holding in his right hand an apple inscribed `pulcrior/l.donu' (a gift for the more beautiful). A dog lies at his feet. The landscape background is filled with gambolling goats and sheep, and a horse. On the rim there is a border of stylised leaves between pairs of blue bands. The edge is green.
History note: Rey collection, Naples. Sotheby's, 21 November 1918, Catalogue of works of art . . ., part of lot 239; Dr J.W.L. Glaisher * for £55 but Sotheby's microfilm gives £5.5.0 (MS Cat 4801).
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Diameter: 27.2 cm
Height: 3.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1600
-
1650
Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, several shades of green, yellow, and brown, with manganese outlines)
Tin-glazing : Earthenware, tin-glazed creamy-white on both sides, more thickly than elsewhere round the remains of the foot. Painted in blue, several shades of green, yellow, and brown, with manganese outlines.
Inscription present: when purchased the dish bore a label from a Christie's sale catalogue
Accession number: C.2230-1928
Primary reference Number: 73268
Old object number: 4801
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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