Judgement of Paris
Artistattributed to
Joos de Momper the younger
(Flemish, 1564 – 1635)
Datelate 1620s
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions50.2 x 83.7 cm (19 3/4 x 32 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat
Terms
Object number1977.134
DescriptionMountainous landscape with blue and yellow sky, blue-green distance and green-brown foreground with tall trees on either side. At the lower left foreground, six figures represent the Judgment of Paris: (from left to right) Minerva with shield, helmet, and spear; Venus with cupid; Juno with a peacock; Paris with the apple and a staff; and Mercury with a winged helmet and the caduceus.Provenanceby 1927, Joseph H. Gosschalk, The Hague; displayed in the exhibition "Austellung Joos de Momper", at the Stadtischen Museum Chemnitz (Sept. 4-Oct. 2, 1927), cat. no. 17; then displayed in the exhibition: "Das Flämische Landschaftsbild des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts", at Gottschewski-Schaeffer Galerie, Berlin (Nov. 6-30, 1927), not in catalogue; following WWII, painting was returned to the Netherlands, April 1949 (to the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit (SNK); by 1951 sold by Frederick Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, on behalf of the SNK, Lot 621, 3-10 July 1951; Dr. Hans A. Wetzlar, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; sold to Kunsthandel Pieter de Boer, Switzerland-branch, July 1951; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, Upton, MA, December 1952; gifted by the Bernats to the Worcester Art Museum, 1977.
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