- Period
- Late Gothic
- Date
- c. 1510–20
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 1985.148
The Judgment of Paris
Unknown maker, c. 1510–20
Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 1510–20
- Medium
- silver-stained glass roundel
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)
- Period
- Late Gothic
The record
Why it matters
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.