Currently not on view
Infant Paris Abandoned on Mount Ida,
ca. 1510
Circle of Giorgione, Italian, 1477–1510
y1948-65
The Venetian Renaissance painter Giorgione created the poesia, a type of enigmatic, atmospheric painting with subjects that were difficult to identify. The artist responsible for this landscape—which depicts a baby abandoned on a hillside near a castle—painted just such a picture. The infant here may be Paris, who, according to ancient mythology, was the son of King Priam of Troy. A dream regarding his birth was interpreted as an evil portent, and he was exposed on Mount Ida—where he was either nursed by a bear or found by shepherds. The panel’s edges show traces of having been cut—it was once larger. One of several similar panels featuring pastoral subjects drawn from ancient sources, it might have been set into furniture or have been part of a wall decoration.
Information
Title
Infant Paris Abandoned on Mount Ida
Dates
ca. 1510
Maker
Circle of Giorgione
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
38 × 57 cm (14 15/16 × 22 7/16 in.)
frame: 57.1 × 76.2 × 4.4 cm (22 1/2 × 30 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
y1948-65
Place Made
Europe, Italy
Place Depicted
Kaz Dağı (Mt. Ida)
Culture
Type
Materials
Frank Jewett Mather Jr., by February 1937; 1948 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.
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