Judgement of Paris

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Date1785

Publisher John Boydell (English, 1719 - 1804)

Geography Published - England

Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; stipple engraving

DimensionsOverall: 7 9/16 in. x 10 1/16 in. (19.21 cm x 25.56 cm) Other (Image: H x W): 5 3/4 in. x 7 3/8 in. (14.61 cm x 18.73 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, 2013

Object numberM-5327

DescriptionThis print is a neoclassical, mythical scene in which Paris judges the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite for their beauty. Paris reclines againsta a tree and presents the golden apple to Aphrodite with the assistance of a cherubic Hermes.

MarkingsPrinted in ink below the bottom-left side of the image: "G.B. Cipriani Invt.". Printed in ink directly below the image: "John Boydell exudit 1783.". Printed in ink below the bottom-right side of the image: "F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit.". Printed in ink below the image, centered: "The Judgement of Paris. / Published May 1st 1783, by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London.".

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