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Object Type: drawing
Museum number: 1929,0511.5
Description: Judgement of Paris; the shepherd Paris sitting at left, with Venus accompanied by Cupid before him, Minerva at right with Juno, in an oval Red chalk
Producer name: Drawn by: Sébastien Leclerc I; Attributed to: Gravelot
School/style: French; British
Production date: 1637-1773
Materials: paper
Technique: drawn
Dimensions: Height: 72 millimetres; Width: 103 millimetres
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Curator's comments: A design for a cover of a small box. If by Leclerc and if for a print, it is one not described by Jombert. Nicholas Turner suggested an attribution to Gravelot. Lit.: L.-A. Prat & L. Lhinares, 'La collection Chennevières: quatre siècles de dessins françaises', Paris, 2007, no. T 414, pp. 620-621
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Paris; Representation of: Aphrodite/Venus; Representation of: Eros/Cupid; Representation of: Hera/Juno; Representation of: Athena/Minerva
Acquisition name: Donated by: Beatrice Bateson
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Philippe, Marquis de Chennevières (L.2073); Previous owner/ex-collection: Vve Galippe (sale Amsterdam, 27/9.iii.1923/447); Previous owner/ex-collection: Prof William Bateson
Acquisition date: 1929
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1929,0511.5

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