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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Printmaking at Fontainebleau flourished briefly during the 1540s and seems to have stopped altogether by 1547. Jean Mignon was one of the four major etchers whose works are most closely associated with the workshop there. Almost all of Mignon's prints reproduce drawings by Luca Penni (1500/4-1557), an Italian painter active at the chateau. Penni's Judgment of Paris derives from Marcantonio's famous engraving after Raphael. Here, jean Mignon's etching shows the shepherd Paris called upon to decide which of three goddesses (Juno, Minerva, or Venus) is the fairest. This mythological beauty contest leads to the Trojan War.
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The Temptation of Eve
Designs for Terms
The Adoration of the Magi
Design for a Term with the Head of Woman, Strapwork and Trop
Term in the Form of an Old Man Warming His Hands
Term in the Form of a Woman with Musical Instrument
Male Terminal Figure; Torso with Beard and Turban on a Half-
Mary Magdalen carried to Heaven
Jean Mignon|Luca Penni — The Judgment of Paris
Jean Mignon|Luca Penni — The Judgment of Paris
Johann Theodor de Bry (German, 1561–1623) — Triumph of Bacch
Giulio Bonasone — Alexander and Roxana
Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano|Hieronymus Cock — Th
Giulio Bonasone (Italian, c. 1510–after 1576) — Love in the 
Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582) — The Death of Procris
Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano|Hieronymus Cock — Th
Hieronymus Hopfer (German) — Judgment of Paris
Giulio Bonasone — Flora in the centre passing a wreath to an
Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano|Hieronymus Cock — Th
Ludovico Carracci|Oliviero Gatti — Allegorical composition w