The Judgement of Paris

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Here Paris, shown as a shepherd, is shown judging a beauty contest between three naked goddeses: Venus, Juno and Minerva. Mercury stands by Paris's side. The winner, Venus, was awarded a golden apple, but the picture shows no indication of the dire consequence that would follow. It was one of the events which led up to the Trojan War.

The picture is set into a plaster frame in the dining room at Lacock, which was redesigned in 1750. The picture must therefore have been painted before that date. It is fairly crudely painted, probably by an English artist.

It is close in style to Rubens's known versions of the subject.

National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

near Chippenham

Title

The Judgement of Paris

Date

17th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 82 x W 115.5 cm

Accession number

996273

Acquisition method

gift from Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clark), 1948

Work type

Painting

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National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

Lacock, near Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2PG England

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