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 Aphrodite, Athena and Hera on one side and Paris accompanied by Hermes on the other. The 1636 version has a depiction of Cupid at the far left and Alecto above the goddesses,[2] whilst the 1639 version adds a Cupid between Hera (far right) and Aphrodite (centre).
Paris is a misplaced Trojan prince working as a shepherd,[3] and is accompanied by his sheepdog; his sheep are seen behind the figures in these late paintings.
1636 version
This version follows the story as narrated in Lucian's 'Judgement of the Goddesses'. It shows the award of the golden apple, though alterations show Rubens first painted an earlier point in the story, when the goddesses are ordered to undress by Mercury.[4] This had been shown in at least one of the early group (now in the Prado), with putti pulling off the goddess' clothes. The painting was bought for the National Gallery in London in 1844.[5]
There is a similar version, also of 1636 (perhaps the first to be painted), in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. This is less than half the size, and has three putti rather than one.
1638 version
Painted in 1638 or 1639, this version is now in the Prado in Madrid and was completed shortly before his death while he was ill with gout. It was commissioned by Philip IV of Spain's brother Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria and on Ferdinand's death moved to the Spanish royal collection. In 1788 Charles III of Spain decided it was immodest and ordered it to be burned, but he died before that order could be carried out.[6]
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
- ^ (in Catalan) Monreal, Luis. La Pintura en los Grandes Museos, 1982. ISBN 84-320-0460-X
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- Rubens family
- Isabella Brant (first wife)
- Helena Fourment (second wife)
- Nicolaas Rubens, Lord of Rameyen (son)
- Albert Rubens (son)
- Jan Rubens (father)
- Maria Pypelinckx (mother)
- Philip Rubens (brother)
- Tobias Verhaecht (teacher)
- Adam van Noort (teacher)
- Otto van Veen (teacher)
- Nicolaas Rockox (friend)
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- Esquivel: José de Espronceda
- Gisbert: Execution of Torrijos and his Companions on the Beach at Málaga
- Goya: Allegory of Industry – Asmodea – Atropos – Blind Man's Bluff – Boys Playing Soldiers – Charles IV of Spain and His Family – Los caprichos – Christ Crucified – The Clothed Maja – The Colossus – The Countess of Chinchon – Los disparates – The Dog – The Drunk Mason – The Duchess of Alba and la Beata – Fight with Cudgels – Josefa Bayeu – Judith and Holofernes – La Leocadia – Man Mocked by Two Women – La novillada – Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz – Men Reading – The Milkmaid of Bordeaux – The Naked Maja – The Parasol – A Pilgrimage to San Isidro – Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro – Saturn Devouring His Son – The Second of May 1808 – Self-Portrait at 69 years – Summer – The Third of May 1808 – Two Old Men – Two Old Ones Eating Soup – The Victorious Hannibal Seeing Italy from the Alps for the First Time – Witches' Flight – Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
- El Greco: The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest – Adoration of the Shepherds – Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece – Annunciation – Christ Carrying the Cross – The Fable – The Flight into Egypt – Holy Face of Jesus – Holy Trinity – Julián Romero and Saint Julian – Portrait of a Doctor – Portrait of a Gentleman – Portrait of a Young Nobleman – Portrait of an Elderly Man – Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman – Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos – Portrait of Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce – Saint Andrew and Saint Francis – Saint Anthony of Padua – Saint Bernardino of Siena [1] – Saint James the Great – Saint John the Evangelist – Saint Paul – Saint Sebastian – Saint Thomas the Apostle – Holy Trinity – The Saviour – Virgin Mary
- Luna: The Death of Cleopatra
- Maíno: Adoration of the Magi – Portrait of a Gentleman – The Recovery of Bahía de Todos los Santos
- Murillo: Adoration of the Shepherds (1650) – Aranjuez Immaculate Conception – The Christ Child and the Infant John the Baptist with a Shell – Christ on the Cross (1675, 1677) – The Conversion of Saint Paul – The Good Shepherd – The Holy Family with a Little Bird – The Immaculate Conception of El Escorial – The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables – The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew – Our Lady of the Rosary – The Patrician's Dream – Rebecca and Eleazar
- Pradilla: Doña Joanna the Mad
- Ribera: Jacob's Dream – Democritus – Isaac and Jacob – Ixion – Tityos – The Martyrdom of Saint Philip – The Blind Sculptor
- Sánchez Gallque: The Mulattos of Esmeraldas [2]
- Velázquez: Las Meninas – The Triumph of Bacchus – Las Hilanderas – The Surrender of Breda – Mars Resting – Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV – Equestrian Portrait of Elisabeth of France – Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles – Equestrian Portrait of Philip III – Equestrian Portrait of Margarita of Austria – Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares – Adoration of the Magi – Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan – Christ Crucified – Coronation of the Virgin – View of the Garden of the Villa Medici – Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter – Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos – Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis – The Jester Barbarroja – The Jester Calabacillas – The Jester Don Diego de Acedo – The Jester Don John of Austria – Portrait of Francisco Lezcano – Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress – Portrait of Maria Anna – Portrait of Juan Martínez Montañés – The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente – Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid – Portrait of Philip IV in Armour – Portrait of Mariana of Austria – Portrait of Sebastián de Morra
- Zurbarán: Agnus Dei – The Death of Hercules – The Defence of Cádiz Against the English – Hercules and the Hydra – Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla – Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion – Saint Elizabeth of Portugal – Saint Luke Painting the Crucifixion – Saint Peter Nolasco's Vision of Saint Peter the Apostle – Still Life with Pots – The Vision of Saint Peter Nolasco
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- Fra Angelico: Annunciation
- Anguissola: Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois – Portrait of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia [3] – Portrait of Giovanni Battista Caselli
- Barocci: Nativity
- Bellini: Madonna and Child with Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Ursula
- Botticelli: The Story of Nastagio Degli Onesti, part one
- Caravaggio: David and Goliath
- Carracci: Assumption of the Virgin – Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel – Venus, Adonis and Cupid
- Correggio: Noli me tangere – Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist
- A. Gentileschi: The Birth of Saint John the Baptist
- O. Gentileschi: The Finding of Moses (1633)
- Leonardo: Mona Lisa (by his studio)
- Lotto: Portrait of Marsilio Cassotti and His Bride Faustina
- Mantegna: Death of the Virgin
- Parmigianino: Holy Family with Angels – Portrait of Camilla Gonzaga and Her Three Sons – Portrait of Pier Maria Rossi di San Secondo – Saint Barbara
- Raphael: Portrait of a Cardinal – Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary – Madonna of the Rose – Visitation – La Perla (with Romano)
- Romano: Holy Family under an Oak Tree
- Andrea del Sarto: Sacrifice of Isaac
- Tintoretto: Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet – Joseph and Potiphar's Wife – Judith and Holofernes (by his studio) – The Washing of the Feet
- Tiepolo: The Immaculate Conception
- Titian: The Bacchanal of the Andrians – Equestrian Portrait of Charles V – The Fall of Man – Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops – Danaë Receiving the Golden Rain (1565) – The Entombment – La Gloria – Virgin and Child Between Saints Anthony of Padua and Roch – Mater Dolorosa with Clasped Hands – Philip II in Armour – Portrait of Charles V with a Dog – Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga – Portrait of Isabella of Portugal – Sisyphus – Tityus – Religion saved by Spain – Salome - Self-Portrait (1567) – Saint Margaret and the Dragon – Venus and Adonis (1554) – Venus and Musician (1550, 1555) – The Virgin and Child with Saint George and Saint Dorothy – The Worship of Venus
- Veronese: Venus and Adonis – Christ Among the Doctors – The Finding of Moses
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- Anonymous: Agony in the Garden
- Baudry: The Pearl and the Wave
- van Loo: The Family of Philip V (1743)
- Lorrain: Landscape with St Paula of Rome Embarking at Ostia – The Ford – Landscape with St María de Cervelló – Landscape with the Burial of St Serapia – Landscape with the Finding of Moses – Landscape with the Temptation of St Anthony – Landscape with Tobias and Raphael
- Poussin: Parnassus – Landscape with Three Figures – Saint Cecilia
- Ranc: The Family of Philip V (1723) – Portrait of Ferdinand VI as a Boy
- Watteau: Marriage Contract and Country Dancing
- Vouet: Time Defeated by Love, Beauty and Hope
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- The Apotheosis of Claudius
- Castor and Pollux
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- [1] On display at El Greco Museum in Toledo
- [2] On display at Museo de América in Madrid
- [3] On display at the Spanish Embassy in Paris
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1597-1600, 144.8 cm (57 in) x 193.7 cm (76.2 in), National Gallery.jpg)
c. 1606, oil on panel, 89 x 114.5 cm, Prado; putti strip the goddesses
oil sketch on copper, 1606, 32.5 cm (12.7 in) x 43.5 cm (17.1 in), Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.jpg)
1636, 49 cm (19.2 in) x 63 cm (24.8 in), Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, probably earlier than the similar London painting