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The Judgment of Paris

Joachim Anthoniz WtewaelLinkedCulture matchlcp-dcaa14f70c24

Date: 1602
Medium: oil on copper
Culture: Netherlands
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 151807

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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. The artist dated and signed this work on a rock at the bottom right of the painting.

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Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Provenance: 1984-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio | At least 1982-1984: (Harari & Johns, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | Private collection, England? | After 1761-?: Probably the Marques de Fuente Hermosa, Spain