The Judgement of Paris (Rubens)
The Judgement of Paris | |
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Artist | Peter Paul Rubens |
Year | c. 1636 |
Dimensions | 144.8 cm × 193.7 cm (57.0 in × 76.3 in) |
Location | National Gallery, London |
The Judgement of Paris | |
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Artist | Peter Paul Rubens |
Year | 1638-1639 |
Dimensions | 199 cm × 379 cm (78 in × 149 in) |
Location | Museo del Prado, Madrid |
The Judgement of Paris refers to any of the several paintings of the Judgement of Paris produced by Peter Paul Rubens, though he did not match the 22 depictions of the subject attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder. There were versions before about 1606, then he returned to the subject thirty years later; all take the opportunity to show nude females from different angles.[1]
The large versions of 1636 in London and 1639 in Madrid are among the best known. These both show Rubens' version of idealised feminine beauty, with the goddesses
Paris is a misplaced Trojan prince working as a
1636 version
This version follows the story as narrated in
There is a similar version, also of 1636 (perhaps the first to be painted), in the
1638 version
Painted in 1638 or 1639, this version is now in the
Other versions
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1597-1600, 144.8 cm (57 in) x 193.7 cm (76.2 in), National Gallery
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c. 1606, oil on panel, 89 x 114.5 cm,Prado; putti strip the goddesses
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oil sketch on copper, 1606, 32.5 cm (12.7 in) x 43.5 cm (17.1 in), Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
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1636, 49 cm (19.2 in) x 63 cm (24.8 in),Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, probably earlier than the similar London painting
References
- ^ NG 1636
- ^ NG 1636
- ^ NG 1636
- ^ [1] Archived September 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ NG 1636
- ISBN 84-320-0460-X
- "NG 1636", "The Judgement of Paris, Peter Paul Rubens" (1636), National Gallery "In depth"