The Judgement of Paris

The Judgement of Paris

Title

The Judgement of Paris

[Seattle Art Museum, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Seattle Art Museum, revised 2012]

In an outdoor setting on Mt. Ida, tree to L., promontory with castle and mountain beyond, Paris in armor, half reclining at lower L., head on R. hand, helmet on ground in corner, Hermes in armor, bending over him, L. hand on tall staff, head of horse seen above bushes

In an outdoor setting on Mt. Ida, tree to L., promontory with castle and mountain beyond, Paris in armor, half reclining at lower L., head on R. hand, helmet on ground in corner, Hermes in armor, bending over him, L. hand on tall staff, head of horse seen above bushes beyond, Aphrodite, Hera, Athena standing at R., nude, wearing necklaces, gossamer sheer scarves over the first and third.

[Seattle Art Museum, revised 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Seattle Art Museum, revised 2012]

Production date
about 1516 - 1518

Production date

about 1516 - 1518

[Seattle Art Museum, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 63.5 x 41.9 cm (25 x 16 1/2 in.)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 63.5 x 41.9 cm (25 x 16 1/2 in.)

  • [Seattle Art Museum, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

Possible Cranach insignia (winged serpent) appears in IRR image of front of painting, on lower edge

Signature / Dating

  • Possible Cranach insignia (winged serpent) appears in IRR image of front of painting, on lower edge

  • [Seattle Art Museum, revised 2013]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: Six circular stamps / seals:

  • Czech customs stamp with lion inside of inscription, 'CELNÍ [ÚR]AD …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: Six circular stamps / seals:

    • Czech customs stamp with lion inside of inscription, 'CELNÍ [ÚR]AD PRAHA' (customs office Prague)
    • two German customs stamps with outlined cross beneath inscription, 'ZOLL / I-54' (tax or toll)
    • two German customs stamps with eagle inside of inscription, 'Zollabfertigungsstelle [N]ieder[l]age - BERLIN' (customs processing site Berlin)'

  • Five paper labels:

    • '18'
    • [illegible - two lines, top might be a number]
    • 'Lucas Cranach'
    • '266 Cranach'
    • 'No. 20465 / Lukas Cranach / Parisurteil / 63,3:41 [illegible]'

  • Four marks directly on wood:

    • '31' or '3i'
    • '7/8/ 'or '718/' in white
    • '540' in red
    • '39-31'

  • [Seattle Art Museum, revised 2013]

Owner
Seattle Art Museum, LeRoy M. Backus Collection
Repository
Seattle Art Museum
Location
Seattle
CDA ID
US_SAM_52-38
FR (1978) Nr.
FR118
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_SAM_52-38/

Provenance

  • Kroger Collection, Hamburg, Germany
  • Baron von Schenck Collection, Flechtingen Castle near Magdeburg, Germany, by 1910 until after 1932 but before 1936
  • (Possibly in Tillman[n] Collection, Amsterdam, before 1948)
  • Le Roy M. Backus Collection, New York and Seattle, by 1948 until 1952
  • Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, accessioned January 3, 1952
    [Seattle Art Museum, revised 2013]

Exhibitions

Possibly exhibited Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, unknown exhibition, January 1939
New York, 1948
Seattle, 1952
Osaka, Japan, 1970
Various installations from the museum's permanent collection, 1952-present

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Hinz 2010 B 47
AuthorBerthold Hinz
TitleAktmalerei bei Cranach. Ein neuer Geschäftszweig
Publicationin Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
Pages42-53
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Kodansha 2000 16
JournalWeekly World Travel
Issue94
Year of Publication2000
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Ishikawa et al 1991 88
AuthorChiyo Ishikawa
EditorSeattle Art Museum
TitleSelected Works
Place of PublicationSeattle
Year of Publication1991
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Stewart 1991 165 Plate 2
AuthorStanley Stewart
TitleSpenser and the Judgement of Paris
VolumeIX
JournalSpenser Studies
Year of Publication1991
Pages161-209
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Nickel 1982 Fig. 10
AuthorHelmut Nickel
TitleThe Judgement of Paris by Lucas Cranach the Elder: Nature, Allegory, and Alchemy
JournalMetropolitan Museum Journal
Issue16
Year of Publication1982
Pages117-129
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 118
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Osaka 1970 216-217 Fig. p. 216
Authorn. a.
TitleThe March Toward Freedom, [Expo Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka]
VolumeVol. IV
Year of Publication1970
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SAM 1969 6 Fig.
Authorn. a.
JournalArgus
IssueJune 20
Year of Publication1969
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SAM 1952 A No. 2
EditorSeattle Art Museum
TitleLe Roy M. Backus Memorial Collection
Place of PublicationSeattle
Year of Publication1952
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SAM 1952 B 11 Fig. 19
EditorSeattle Art Museum
TitleAnnual Report, 1952
Place of PublicationSeattle
Year of Publication1952
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Schaeffer Gallery 1948 No. 1 Fig.
Authorn. a.
JournalSchaeffer Gallery Bulletin
IssueNo. 6 (November)
Year of Publication1948
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Deusch 1936 27 No. 57
AuthorWerner R. Deusch
TitleGerman Painting of the 16th Century. Durer and His Contemporaries
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication1936
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 099
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Ameseder 1910 68-70
AuthorRudolf Ameseder
TitleEin Parisurteil Lukas Cranachs d. Ä. in der Landesgalerie zu Graz
JournalRepertorium für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue33
Year of Publication1910
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2014/2607
Pages65-84
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Flechsig 1900 A 271
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Research History / Discussion

Please see:

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  • The Judgement of Paris, about 1516 - 1518

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  • The Judgment of Paris, about 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P290
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  • The Judgement of Paris, about 1518 - 1522
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