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The Judgment of Paris
About the Artwork
The Trojan prince Paris was asked to determine which goddess was the most beautiful. Hera (tothe left of the group) offered him political power, and Athena (seen from the back), military prowess, but Paris awarded the golden apple to Venus, the goddess of love, who promised him Helen, the most beautiful mortal in the world.
Inscriptions
signed lower left: IO. WTE / WAEL. FE / 1602 [TE, AE in monogram]
Provenance
1984-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio At least 1982-1984: (Harari & Johns, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) Private collection, England? After 1761-?: Probably the Marques de Fuente Hermosa, Spain
Exhibition history
Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Joachim Anthoniz Wtewael (Dutch, 1566–1638)
- Date
- 1602
- Medium
- oil on copper
- Dimensions
- Framed: 25.5 x 30.5 x 3 cm (10 1/16 x 12 x 1 3/16 in.); Unframed: 15.4 x 20.5 cm (6 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1984.14
More by Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009469
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