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| Keywords: German - Plaque with the Judgment Of Paris - Walters 5580.jpg According to myth the shepherd Paris actually a prince of Troy was chosen to judge which of three goddesses--Hera goddess of marriage Athena wisdom and the military arts who wears a helmet and Aphrodite love --was the fairest They undressed to show their beauty and promised him rewards Paris chose Aphrodite who offered him as a wife the most beautiful woman on earth That was Helen already married to a Greek chieftain; her abduction by Paris resulted in the Trojan War Hans Jamnitzer produced many such round plaques of mythological subjects in bronze and lead This lead plaque softer and cheaper than bronze has been varnished to look like bronze ca 1575 Renaissance lead alloy cm 14 6 accession number 55 80 11798 Walters Art Museum 1954 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1954 place of origin Nuremberg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Plaquettes German art in the Walters Art Museum Reliefs of Aphrodite Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
