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Object Type
Museum number: 1891,0414.867
Title: Object: Detur Pulcherrimae
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; third state with dedication; after Peter Paul Rubens. Engraving
Producer name: After: Peter Paul Rubens; Print made by: Adriaen Lommelin; Published by: Gillis Hendricx
School/style
Production date: 1630 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 458 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 623 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: After the painting by Rubens in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, inv.no.962 (Rooses 664). For an unfinished proof of this plate see 1841,0809.43.
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (126.60); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (33.III) (under Lommelin)
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
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1891,0414.867

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