Netherlands / 1602
The Judgment of Paris
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs The Judgment of Paris as painting (Netherlands · 1602).
The artist dated and signed this work on a rock at the bottom right of the painting.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as oil on copper and credits Joachim Anthoniz Wtewael (Dutch, 1566–1638).
The museum's collection notes: The Trojan prince Paris was asked to determine which goddess was the most beautiful. Hera (tothe left of the group) offered him political power, and Athena (seen from the back), military prowess, but Paris awarded the golden apple to Venus, the goddess of love, who promised him Helen, the most beautiful mortal in the world.
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