The Judgment of Paris; he is sitting at left with Venus, Juno and Pallas Athena, a winged victory above; in the upper section the Sun in his chariot preceeded by Castor and Pollux on horseback; at lower right two river gods and a naiad above whom Jupiter, an eagle, Ganymede, Diana and another Goddess, ca. 1510–20, Engraving, Sheet: 11 7/16 x 17 3/16 in. (29.1 x 43.7 cm), Prints, Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?)), After Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Urbino 1483–1520 Rome), A masterpiece of Renaissance printmaking, the Judgment of Paris represents a highpoint in the collaboration between the painter Raphael and the great Italian engraver Raimondi. This scene is one of a group of exceptional compositions Raphael designed specifically for Marcantonio to engrave, which, according to Giorgio Vasari, 'amazed all of Rome
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