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Source Description
Hermes awakens the shepherd Paris to hand him the golden apple, which he is to present to the most beautiful of the three goddesses: Venus (foreground), Juno, or Minerva. The panel was produced by means of a compound of silver oxide, which, when applied to the glass and then fired in a kiln, turned into a translucent yellow stain. The culminating effects of different pigments and shadings required subsequent firings.
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152268
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The Judgment of Paris
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152268
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object
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The Judgment of Paris
description
Hermes awakens the shepherd Paris to hand him the golden apple, which he is to present to the most beautiful of the three goddesses: Venus (foreground), Juno, or Minerva. The panel was produced by means of a compound of silver oxide, which, when applied to the glass and then fired in a kiln, turned into a translucent yellow stain. The culminating effects of different pigments and shadings required subsequent firings.
date
c. 1510–20
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60751169
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Glass
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)
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South Netherlands, 16th century
accession
1985.148
Source extras
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silver-stained glass roundel
tombstone
The Judgment of Paris, c. 1510–20. South Netherlands, 16th century. Silver-stained glass roundel; diameter: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1985.148
collection
MED - Gothic
didYouKnow
The bright yellow tones in stained glass are made using a solution of silver oxide.
citations
citation
Michael Ward, Inc. In <em>Form and Light: 400 Years of European Glass</em>. New York: Michael Ward, Inc., 1985.
page_number
cat. no. 2
citation
Husband, Timothy and Madeline Harrison Caviness. <em>Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: Silver-Stained Roundels and Unipartite Panels</em> (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist IV. Washington, D.C., Hanover [N.H.]: National Gallery of Art; Distributed by the University Press of New England, 1991.
page_number
p. 201, repr.
citation
Husband, Timothy, Ellen Konowitz, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). <em>The Luminous Image: Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480-1560.</em> New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995.
page_number
cat. no. 60, p. 132 repr.
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John L. Severance Fund
galleryDonorText
Lucia Smith Nash Gallery
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2026-05-29 07:52:09.443000
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152268
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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silver-stained glass roundel
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