# The Judgment of Paris, in 16th-century Germany

Lucas Cranach the Elder painted this in about 1528, aged about 51. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Paris, dressed in the armour of a contemporary knight, sits beneath a tree as the three goddesses, Juno, Minerva and Venus, present themselves for his judgement, accompanied by Mercury, while Cupid appears above with his bow.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1528
- Medium: Oil on beech
- Dimensions: 40 1/8 x 28in. (101.9 x 71.1cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28.221
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Lucas Cranach the Elder](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/lucas-cranach-the-elder), German, 1472–1553

Cranach worked in Vienna before becoming court painter to the Electors of Saxony at Wittenberg in 1505, a post he held for decades.

4 works in the collection.

## Walk on

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