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Engraving of four nude women before a seated man holding an apple, with a cupid in clouds above, a tree and a castle on a hill.

Judgement of Paris, engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever, 1538

An engraving showing the Judgement of Paris: four nude women stand in a line before a seated man on the right who holds an apple, while a winged cupid with a bow drifts in the clouds above. A large tree and a distant castle frame the scene, and a monogram with the date 1538 appears at upper left.

Artist
Heinrich Aldegrever (mentioned on object)
Date
1538
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2806 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1538.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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