Wilton album, folio 2: The Judgement of Paris; the shepherd Paris, seated on the right, presenting the golden apple to the goddess Venus
For more information on the Wilton album see entry for 27.78.1(1-428).
This is a heavily reworked state of the print, in which the contours of almost every figure have been heavily retouched in drypoint; the head of the goddess closest to Paris has been altered; the signed of the zodiac redrawn, and feathers added to the reclining figure seen from the from the back in the lower centre; traces of Schiavone's monogram still faintly visible in the lower right corner; for an earlier state see 27.78.1(117).
This is a heavily reworked state of the print, in which the contours of almost every figure have been heavily retouched in drypoint; the head of the goddess closest to Paris has been altered; the signed of the zodiac redrawn, and feathers added to the reclining figure seen from the from the back in the lower centre; traces of Schiavone's monogram still faintly visible in the lower right corner; for an earlier state see 27.78.1(117).
Artwork Details
- Title: Wilton album, folio 2: The Judgement of Paris; the shepherd Paris, seated on the right, presenting the golden apple to the goddess Venus
- Artist: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510?–1563 Venice)
- Artist: After Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
- Artist: After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome)
- Date: 1543–46
- Medium: Drypoint; engraved on two plates
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 16 13/16 in. (29.4 × 42.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
- Object Number: 27.78.1(5)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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