The Judgment of Paris
Artist: Jean Mignon
Jean Mignon(France active circa 1535-circa 1555). After Luca Penni (Italy 1500-1556). “The Judgment of Paris”. Etching on laid paper, with a small fleur-de-lys watermark, S. 31.2×42.7 cm. Bartsch 72 (as Anonymus); Zerner 40. Circa 1544-1545. According to the British Museum, London, where there is another impression of this etching, this is the first plate, “From a set of six works representing various episodes from the Trojan war. Although sometimes adapted from plates engraved by Marcantonio after Raphael, the original compositions are nevertheless attributed to Penni. For a discussion of these sources, see Cordellier, Luca Penni. Un disciple de Raphal Fontainebleau’, […]