Judgement of Paris. unknown c. 1575-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 8'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. received from the estate of Flora P. Kempner (Murray Levine), 2/29/1944; returned, 10/26/1951. In landscape bisected by tree, Paris awards Venus (Aphrodite) golden apple, as Mercury (Hermes), Juno (Hera) & Minerva (Athena) look on (BRD) allegorical figures & scenes interspersed with vases of flowers & fruit, masks, busts & grotesques Bottom border has been patched in several places & does not match sides or t
Judgement of Paris. unknown c. 1575-1600 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 8'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. received from the estate of Flora P. Kempner (Murray Levine), 2/29/1944; returned, 10/26/1951. In landscape bisected by tree, Paris awards Venus (Aphrodite) golden apple, as Mercury (Hermes), Juno (Hera) & Minerva (Athena) look on (BRD) allegorical figures & scenes interspersed with vases of flowers & fruit, masks, busts & grotesques Bottom border has been patched in several places & does not match sides or top. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 76905
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