Lot Essay
The present scene is taken from an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi after Raphael of The Judgement of Paris. (fig. 1) Cf. Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 26, no. 246
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CIRCA 1570, WORKSHOP OF DOMENICO DA VENEZIA
Details
A VENETIAN MAIOLICA CHARGER
Circa 1570, Workshop of Domenico da Venezia
Painted with the Judgement of Paris at the left, river gods at the right, an assembly of the gods in the background, inscribed on the reverse with the title Sententia di paris data ale tre dee sopra il pomo doro
16in. (42.5cm.) diameter
Circa 1570, Workshop of Domenico da Venezia
Painted with the Judgement of Paris at the left, river gods at the right, an assembly of the gods in the background, inscribed on the reverse with the title Sententia di paris data ale tre dee sopra il pomo doro
16in. (42.5cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 December 1971, lot 8 (as Pesaro)