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| Keywords: Adam van Vianen - Plaque with the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis - Walters 542399.jpg The Olympian gods celebrate the wedding of Peleus and Thetis In the foreground amorous couples embrace and toast the young couple while flying cupids fill the air The seated youth on the right with a cluster of grapes is Bacchus god of wine Eris goddess of discord arrives uninvited at the left Into the midst of the revelers she will throw a golden apple inscribed to the fairest leading to the Judgment of Paris and eventually to the Trojan War The exquisitely choreographed scene is based on a composition by the Utrecht painter Abraham Bloemaert 1566-1651 translated into a circular relief by the silversmith Adam van Vianen between 1595 1600 Renaissance bronze cm 18 4 d accession number 54 2399 38551 Count Pepoli Bologna date and mode of acquisition unknown French Company Inc Mr Milton Samuels New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1954 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1954 The Mannerists Fort Wayne Art Museum Indiana Fort Wayne; Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin 1963-1965 place of origin Utrecht Netherlands Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Plaquettes Adam van Vianen Peleus Thetis Bronze plaques Bacchus Eris mythology Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Black and white photographs Marriage of Peleus and Thetis Reliefs of nude men Nude females in reliefs Reliefs of nude children | ||||
