The Judgement of Paris Size:small His reputation remained exceptionally high

His reputation remained exceptionally high throughout the 18th century and into the 19th: when Dulwich's founders

Van Huysum's paintings often bear a double date

Conca's career was based mostly in Rome

until 1905

was probably carefully worked out in the early 1630s until the artist was happy with the final composition

The Judgement of Paris Size:small His reputation remained exceptionally highThe shepherd Paris judges Juno, Venus and Minerva and awards the golden apple to Venus (Ovid 'Heroides', XVI). According to the artist's notebook, work on the picture began in September 1716, Adriaen van der Werff working on it for sixteen weeks and his brother and assistant Pieter van der Werff for ten weeks. It was acquired in 1719 by the French Regent, the duc d'Orleans. An earlier treatment by Van der Werff of the same subject, dated 1712, was