The Judgment of Paris. Venus and Cupid, Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1770-1844, 1804 - 1805, Drawing, Sketch sheet with several sketches for a, Venus sculpture, and a sketch for, Paris’ judgement, and various inscriptions. When the Trojan prince Paris was to decide which of the goddesses was most beautiful they each offered him a reward. Juno would give him the command over Asia, Minerva offered him fame as a warrior, while Venus promised him the world’s fairest woman, the Greek King Menelaus’ wife Helena. Venus was given the golden apple and when Paris abducted Helena to Troy it was the beginning of the Greek-Trojan War, described by Homer in the, Iliad, . Thorvaldsen, however, never executed a relief for this motif., Paper, Color, Ink, Color, Graphite, Drawn, Height 324 mm, Width 250 mm, Wenzel, Conradin, Draftsmanship, Drawing, European, Modernity (1800 - 1914)
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