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Object Type
print
Museum number
1850,0810.422
Title
Object:
Le Jugement de Paris
Series:
Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S. E. M. le Comte de Brühl
Description
The Judgement of Paris; Paris sits at left and holds the golden apple looking towards the three semi-nude goddesses standing before him; Mercury stands in a relaxed pose with his arm resting between the branch of a tree and idly dangling a caduceus; the Goddesses stand together at right assisted by a number of putti; at upper right, amongst the branches of a tree three satyrs secretly observe the proceedings, Envy at upper centre; coat of arms in lower margin; after Peter Paul Rubens. 1750 Etching finished with engraving
Producer name
After:
Peter Paul Rubens
Print made by:
Pierre François Tardieu
Print made by:
Pierre Etienne Moitte
School/style
Flemish
French
Production date
1750
Production place
Published in:
Antwerp (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
406 millimetres
Width:
623 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After the painting by Rubens in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, inv.no.962 (Rooses 664). Plate 26 from 'Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S. E. M. le Comte de Brühl', see 1850,0810.431 for comment. For a proof before letters see also 1878,0112.214.
Bibliographic references
Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens
(126.61)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Paris
Representation of:
Hermes/Mercury
Representation of:
Aphrodite/Venus
Representation of:
Hera/Juno
Representation of:
Athena/Minerva
Associated with:
Count Heinrich von Brühl
Associated with:
Augustus III, King of Poland (Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date
1850
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1850,0810.422