Das Urteil des Paris, Relief by Lauchhammer

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‘Das Urteil des Paris’ (‘The Judgement of Paris’)
Lachhammer, Foundry

Bronze relief by Lauchhammer.
Created last decade. Diameter 58 cm, 13,8 kilogram.

Depicted is ‘Das Urteil des Paris‘ (‘The Judgement of Paris’). The original relief created in 1560 by the Italian Sculptor Leoni Pompeo, or the Goldsmith Leone (or Lucio Piccinino) might have been used as the model. This almost identical relief, once part of the Carl von Preußen (1801 – 1882) collection, is since 1883 in the possession of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.
Foundry Lauchammer, founded in 1725, owns many original models of which some are more then 150 years old.
The depiction itself is after a copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi around 1510-1520. Raimondi in his turn copied it from a drawing by Raffaello Sanzio or Santi (1483–1520).

‘Das Urteil des Paris’, iron, created around 1560. In the possession of the Deutsches Historisches Museum. Diameter 59 cm, thick 9 cm, weight 3,8 kg. 

The Judgment of Paris, the copper engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi around 1510-1520.
Paris is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pallas Athena, a winged victory above; in the upper section the Sun in his chariot preceeded by Castor and Pollux on horseback; at lower right two river gods and a naiad above whom Jupiter, an eagle, Ganymede, Diana and another Goddess. A masterpiece of Renaissance printmaking, this work represents a high point in the collaboration between Raphael and Marcantonio. While Marcantonio sometimes worked from drawings created for other projects, in this case Raphael created the drawing for the sole purpose of having it engraved by Marcantonio. The engraver’s controlled, systematic line, curving around the figures, gives them a great three-dimensional presence.