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 Marcantonio Raimondi Italian 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.' It demonstrates the meticulously ordered systems of hatching that Marcantonio developed to achieve the richest possible tonal effects, which was to influence generations of engravers. Depicted here is the incident that sparked the Trojan War: Paris being forced to decide which goddessJuno, Minerva, or Ven
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