Print, ornament print (BM 1917,1208.616)
Summary
The Judgement of Paris and the Birth of Venus (also called The Triumph of Galatea), design for the water-jug and basin of Charles I made by Theodoor Rogiers in silver; the oval basin at left with Birth of Venus, the goddess naked on a shell-chariot at centre, surrounded by sea nymphs and tritons; the jug seen from the side at right with Judgement of Paris, Paris seated on a tree trunk with Mercury standing next to him and holding the golden apple; a frieze showing the entire scene of the Judgement of Paris below, with the three goddesses at left, a water god at far left and Jupiter at far right; after Peter Paul Rubens
Etching
Date
1630
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain