Judgment of Paris (Cranach, New York)

Judgment of Paris
Artist	Lucas Cranach the Elder
Year	1528
Medium	oil on wood
Dimensions	101.9 cm × 71.1 cm (40.1 in × 28.0 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Judgment of Paris is a 1528 painting by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. It depicts the myth of Paris, Prince of Troy, selecting the fairest goddess from among Minerva, Juno, and Venus. Cranach likely based his depiction on medieval poetry or romances.^[1] The painting is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

References

• Kathryn Calley Galitz. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings. New York, 2016, p. 276, no. 181, ill. pp. 185, 276.
• Maryan W. Ainsworth in Maryan W. Ainsworth and Joshua P. Waterman. German Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350–1600. New Haven, 2013, pp. 5, 54–58, 286–87.
• Helmut Nickel. "'The Judgment of Paris' by Lucas Cranach the Elder: Nature, Allegory, and Alchemy." Metropolitan Museum Journal 16 (1981), pp. 117–29.
• Max J. Friedländer and Jakob Rosenberg. The Paintings of Lucas Cranach. rev. ed. Ithaca, N.Y., 1978, p. 120, no. 254.

References

1. "Lucas Cranach the Elder, Judgment of Paris". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-08-13.