print
- Museum number
- 1850,0527.101
- Description
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Contest between Athena and Poseidon: the goddess, standing on the left next to the olive tree with Hermes on her side, is already crowned by Nike; on the right, Poseidon is holding the horse; in the upper part, an assembly of gods attending the contest. c.1542/43
Etching with touches of engraving
- Production date
- 1540-1545
- Dimensions
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Height: 262 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 413 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- It is traditionally believed that the original composition, attributed to Rosso Fiorentino, was designed for the Galerie François I, Fontainebleau; see 'École de Fontainebleau', Paris 1972, cat. No.312; 'Rosso Fiorentino', Washington 1987, cat. No.96; and 'The French Renaissance in Prints', Los Angeles 1994, cat. No.39. The painting of this subject visible today on the west wall of the Galerie is a nineteenth-century copy. See Jenkins 2017.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1850
- Acquisition notes
- See comment to 1850,0527.1
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1850,0527.101
